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The European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), known until 2024 as the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, and established in 1993.
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1993 |
| Jurisdiction | European Union |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal 38°42′21″N 9°08′35″W / 38.70572°N 9.14307°W |
| Employees | 115 (July 2024) |
| Annual budget | €15.2 million (proposed; 2014) |
| Agency executives |
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| Website | www.euda.europa.eu |
In June 2022, the Council of the European Union approved a reform of the organization which lead to an extension of its mandate.
The EUDA strives to be the "reference point" on drug usage for the European Union's member states, and to deliver "factual, objective, reliable and comparable information" about drug usage, drug addiction and related health complications, including hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Though the EUDA primarily serves Europe, it also works with other partners, scientists and policy-makers around the world.
Mission and role
The Agency was founded on the principle that independent scientific research is a "vital resource to help Europe understand the nature of its drug problems and better respond to them."
Its stated missions are to:
- Provide the Community and EU Member States with: 'factual, objective, reliable and comparable information at European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences'
- Collect, register and analyse information on 'emerging trends', particularly in polydrug use, and the combined use of licit and illicit psychoactive substances
- Offer information on best practice in the EU Member States and facilitate exchange of such practice between them
Among the Centre's target groups are policy-makers, who use this information to help formulate coherent national and EU drug strategies. Also served are professionals and researchers working in the drugs field and, more broadly, the European media and general public.
At the heart of the Centre's work is the task of improving the comparability of drug information across Europe and devising the methods and tools required to achieve this. As a result of efforts to date, countries can now view how they fit into the wider European picture and examine common problems and goals. A key feature of the drug phenomenon is its shifting, dynamic nature, and tracking new developments is a central task of the Agency.
The new mandate as of July 2024 includes new mechanisms such as a European Drug Alert System, European Threat Assessment System and a European Network of Forensic and Toxicological Laboratories. This way the agency should better anticipate future drug-related challenges and their consequences, alerts on new drug risks and threats to health and security, strengthen the responses to the drug phenomenon and facilitate knowledge exchange for evidence-based drug policies.
Network, reports and partnerships
The Centre obtains information primarily from the "Reitox network": a group of focal points in each of the 28 EU Member States, Norway, the candidate countries to the EU, and at the European Commission. This human and computer network links the national information systems of the 28 Member States, Norway, and their key partners to the Agency. It acts as a practical instrument for the collection and exchange of data and information.
The annual report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway and an online statistical bulletin offer a yearly overview of the latest European drug situation and trends. Meanwhile, online country situation summaries provide a pool of national drug-related data.
The Agency works in partnership with non-EU countries as well as with international bodies such as the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, the World Health Organization, the Council of Europe's Pompidou Group, the World Customs Organization, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the European Police Office.
There are also partnerships with non-governmental organizations such as with the Trans-European Drug Information (TEDI) in relation with drug checking services.
Critical Evaluation
Limits to the effectiveness of the organisation have been identified as possible disparity in research standards and rigour between member countries. Efforts to standardise research and data collection are an essential element to maintaining consistency and validity in universal application throughout the European Union. Benefit may be gained also from more detailed and timely monitoring of emerging drug trends in fulfilling the organisation's role of providing pre-emptive responses to drug related issues. An additional challenge to the Agency is ensuring limited resources are effectively managed so as not to provide replication of research and risk becoming redundant.
The Agency is proactive in suggesting positive policy change, based on their data collection, to the organisations that can implement these changes. One such change was presented in their 2015 annual report titled 'Alternatives to punishment for drug-using offenders'. Razmadze and colleagues in their review of the Agency's report supported the contention that incarcerating drug users is placing a large financial burden on states as well as doing more harm to drug users and their families. The evidence shows that this option criminalises offenders and promotes recidivism whereas treatment and rehabilitation programs provide the better option to keep both the drug user and the public safer. This alternative approach towards drug users is in keeping with the guidelines by the United Nations 1988 and the Council of the European Union in 2012.
Acknowledgements
In 2013, The American Library Association recognised three Agency’s publications among the notable government documents of 2012.
See also
- European Union
- European Council decisions on designer drugs
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Trans-European Drug Information (TEDI)
References
- European Union Drugs Agency
- "EMCDDA draft budget for 2014" (PDF). EMCDDA. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- Directorate (Archived 2022-01-21 at the Wayback Machine) EMCDDA.
- EMCDDA Management Board
- AgenceEurope (2022-06-09). "EU Council validates tasks of new European Drugs Agency". agenceurope.eu. Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12968. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- "New European Union Drugs Agency starts work with broader mandate". www.euda.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- "Mission". EMCDDA. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- Joan Colom (19 September 2014). "A policy-maker's perspective on 'ECDC and EMCDDA guidance: prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs'". BMC Infect. Dis. 14 (Suppl 6): S11. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-S6-S11. PMC 4178530. PMID 25253290.
- "New European Union Drugs Agency starts work with broader mandate".
- ECONOMISTI ASSOCIATI Bologna - Italia (November 2001). "Evaluation of the Focal Points of the European Information Network on Drugs and Drug Addiction (REITOX)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2019.
- "Countries". EMCDDA. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- "Partners". EMCDDA. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- EMCDDA (2022). "Drug checking". www.emcdda.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- Grifiiths, W; Mounteney, P; Lopez, J; Zobel, D; Gotz, F (2011). "Monitoring the European Drug situation: the ongoing challenge for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA". Addiction. 107: 254–258. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03369.x.
- Razmadze, M., Otiashvili, D.,Balanchivadze, N and Tbatadze, M. 2015. 'Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug- Related Offences' access online 20 July 2016 Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- EMCDDA publications recognised by the American Library Association EMCDDA 30.10.2013.
External links
Media related to European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Health-EU Portal the official public health portal of the European Union
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The European Union Drugs Agency EUDA known until 2024 as the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Lisbon Portugal and established in 1993 European Union Drugs Agency EUDA Current logoFormer flag until 2024 Agency overviewFormed1993 1993 JurisdictionEuropean UnionHeadquartersLisbon Portugal 38 42 21 N 9 08 35 W 38 70572 N 9 14307 W 38 70572 9 14307Employees115 July 2024 Annual budget 15 2 million proposed 2014 Agency executivesAlexis Goosdeel DirectorLaura D Arrigo ChairmanWebsitewww euda europa eu In June 2022 the Council of the European Union approved a reform of the organization which lead to an extension of its mandate The EUDA strives to be the reference point on drug usage for the European Union s member states and to deliver factual objective reliable and comparable information about drug usage drug addiction and related health complications including hepatitis HIV AIDS and tuberculosis Though the EUDA primarily serves Europe it also works with other partners scientists and policy makers around the world Mission and roleOne of the two EUDA agency buildings in Lisbon The Agency was founded on the principle that independent scientific research is a vital resource to help Europe understand the nature of its drug problems and better respond to them Its stated missions are to Provide the Community and EU Member States with factual objective reliable and comparable information at European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences Collect register and analyse information on emerging trends particularly in polydrug use and the combined use of licit and illicit psychoactive substances Offer information on best practice in the EU Member States and facilitate exchange of such practice between them Among the Centre s target groups are policy makers who use this information to help formulate coherent national and EU drug strategies Also served are professionals and researchers working in the drugs field and more broadly the European media and general public At the heart of the Centre s work is the task of improving the comparability of drug information across Europe and devising the methods and tools required to achieve this As a result of efforts to date countries can now view how they fit into the wider European picture and examine common problems and goals A key feature of the drug phenomenon is its shifting dynamic nature and tracking new developments is a central task of the Agency The new mandate as of July 2024 includes new mechanisms such as a European Drug Alert System European Threat Assessment System and a European Network of Forensic and Toxicological Laboratories This way the agency should better anticipate future drug related challenges and their consequences alerts on new drug risks and threats to health and security strengthen the responses to the drug phenomenon and facilitate knowledge exchange for evidence based drug policies Network reports and partnershipsThe Centre obtains information primarily from the Reitox network a group of focal points in each of the 28 EU Member States Norway the candidate countries to the EU and at the European Commission This human and computer network links the national information systems of the 28 Member States Norway and their key partners to the Agency It acts as a practical instrument for the collection and exchange of data and information The annual report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway and an online statistical bulletin offer a yearly overview of the latest European drug situation and trends Meanwhile online country situation summaries provide a pool of national drug related data The Agency works in partnership with non EU countries as well as with international bodies such as the United Nations International Drug Control Programme the World Health Organization the Council of Europe s Pompidou Group the World Customs Organization the International Criminal Police Organization Interpol and the European Police Office There are also partnerships with non governmental organizations such as with the Trans European Drug Information TEDI in relation with drug checking services Palacete do Relogio one of the two agency buildings in LisbonCritical EvaluationLimits to the effectiveness of the organisation have been identified as possible disparity in research standards and rigour between member countries Efforts to standardise research and data collection are an essential element to maintaining consistency and validity in universal application throughout the European Union Benefit may be gained also from more detailed and timely monitoring of emerging drug trends in fulfilling the organisation s role of providing pre emptive responses to drug related issues An additional challenge to the Agency is ensuring limited resources are effectively managed so as not to provide replication of research and risk becoming redundant The Agency is proactive in suggesting positive policy change based on their data collection to the organisations that can implement these changes One such change was presented in their 2015 annual report titled Alternatives to punishment for drug using offenders Razmadze and colleagues in their review of the Agency s report supported the contention that incarcerating drug users is placing a large financial burden on states as well as doing more harm to drug users and their families The evidence shows that this option criminalises offenders and promotes recidivism whereas treatment and rehabilitation programs provide the better option to keep both the drug user and the public safer This alternative approach towards drug users is in keeping with the guidelines by the United Nations 1988 and the Council of the European Union in 2012 AcknowledgementsIn 2013 The American Library Association recognised three Agency s publications among the notable government documents of 2012 See alsoEuropean Union European Council decisions on designer drugs United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC Trans European Drug Information TEDI ReferencesEuropean Union Drugs Agency EMCDDA draft budget for 2014 PDF EMCDDA 6 December 2013 Archived from the original PDF on 23 April 2014 Retrieved 17 February 2015 Directorate Archived 2022 01 21 at the Wayback Machine EMCDDA EMCDDA Management Board AgenceEurope 2022 06 09 EU Council validates tasks of new European Drugs Agency agenceurope eu Europe Daily Bulletin No 12968 Retrieved 2022 09 01 New European Union Drugs Agency starts work with broader mandate www euda europa eu Retrieved 2024 07 02 Mission EMCDDA Retrieved 17 February 2015 Joan Colom 19 September 2014 A policy maker s perspective on ECDC and EMCDDA guidance prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs BMC Infect Dis 14 Suppl 6 S11 doi 10 1186 1471 2334 14 S6 S11 PMC 4178530 PMID 25253290 New European Union Drugs Agency starts work with broader mandate ECONOMISTI ASSOCIATI Bologna Italia November 2001 Evaluation of the Focal Points of the European Information Network on Drugs and Drug Addiction REITOX PDF Archived from the original PDF on 29 May 2019 Countries EMCDDA Retrieved 17 February 2015 Partners EMCDDA Retrieved 17 February 2015 EMCDDA 2022 Drug checking www emcdda europa eu Retrieved 2022 09 01 Grifiiths W Mounteney P Lopez J Zobel D Gotz F 2011 Monitoring the European Drug situation the ongoing challenge for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA Addiction 107 254 258 doi 10 1111 j 1360 0443 2011 03369 x Razmadze M Otiashvili D Balanchivadze N and Tbatadze M 2015 Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug Related Offences access online 20 July 2016 Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine EMCDDA publications recognised by the American Library Association EMCDDA 30 10 2013 External linksMedia related to European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction at Wikimedia Commons Official website Health EU Portal the official public health portal of the European Union