Problem drug use in Europe (EMCDDA 2023 Statistical Bulletin)

Description

‘Problem drug use’ is defined by the EMCDDA as ‘injecting drug use or long duration / regular use of opioids, cocaine and/or amphetamines’. This definition specifically includes regular or long-term use of prescribed opioids such as methadone but does not include their rare or irregular use nor the use of other drugs, such as ecstasy or cannabis. Existing estimates of problem drug use are often limited to opioid and poly-drug use. There are approximately **20 statistical tables** in this dataset. Each data table may be viewed as an HTML table or downloaded in spreadsheet (XLS/Excel format).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/data/stats2023/pdu
21 https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/media-library/edr/prevalence-of-injecting-drug-use_en

Tags

  • opioids
  • long-term-drug-use
  • injecting
  • prevalence
  • problem-drug-use
  • high-risk-drug-use
  • amphetamines
  • cocaine

Topics

  • EDUC
  • HEAL
  • SOCI

Categories