European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
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| Formation | 1993 (established) |
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Director
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Alexis Goosdeel |
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Chairman
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Laura D'Arrigo |
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Parent organisation
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European Union |
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Budget (2014)
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€15.2 million (proposed) |
| Mission | To provide the EU and its Member States with a factual overview of European drug problems and a solid evidence base to support the drugs debate |
| Website | emcdda.europa.eu |
Coordinates: 38°42′21″N 9°08′35″W / 38.70572°N 9.14307°W
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is an agency of the European Union located in Lisbon, Portugal. Established in 1993, the EMCDDA 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 EMCDDA primarily serves Europe, it also works with other partners, scientists and policy-makers around the world.
The EMCDDA 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:
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 EMCDDA.
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 EMCDDA. It acts as a practical instrument for the collection and exchange of data and information.
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