The Annual Report 2010 from the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) in Lisbon will be presented today. The report offers an overview of the drug situation across the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Turkey and Norway. Individual chapters dedicated to specific drugs are complemented by updates on new drugs and emerging trends; drug-related infectious diseases and deaths; and current legal, political, social and health responses to Europe’s drugs problem.

After the release of the report (10 a.m. local time Brussels) the following information will be available:

Information package — All items will be available at http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/events/2010/annual-report or via the direct links below:

Annual report — downloadable in 22 languages (21 EU plus Norwegian): http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/annual-report/2010

Selected issues — offering an in-depth review of problem amphetamine and methamphetamine use as well as care and treatment for older drug users, downloadable in English with multilingual summaries: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/selected-issues

2010 Statistical bulletin — providing statistical tables and graphs: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/stats10

Country overviews — presenting a brief synopsis of the trends and characteristics of national drug problems http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/country-overviews

Reitox national reports — describing in detail the drug phenomenon in individual countries, downloadable in English: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/national-reports

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