EMCDDA webinar: Drug-related deaths in Europe, current challenges and implications for responses
Channel: EU Drugs Agency (EMCDDA)
Date: 2021-12-13

Description: This webinar is linked to the latest bundle of EMCDDA miniguides which focus on responding to drug-related harms. It aims to provide an insight into the current situation regarding drug-related deaths in Europe and responses to them. Speakers will briefly present the situations they face and discuss policies and responses.

SECTIONS in this video
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00:00 Introduction and opening remarks
06:20 What is the current major concern around drug-related deaths in your country?
19:07 What is being done to address the problem?
32:45 Pressing challenges and implications for policy, practice and research
50:00 Questions from the audience
01:17:20 Closing remarks

The EMCDDA miniguides, being rolled out in four bundles, make up the latest Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide.

Background: High-risk substance use and polydrug use continue to fuel drug-induced deaths in Europe. Most deaths directly linked to drug use involve opioids — mainly heroin in conjunction with other drugs. However, other opioids, some medicines, stimulants (e.g. cocaine and amphetamines) are now of concern in some countries. Increases in deaths among different age groups, including teenagers in some countries and those over 50, highlight the diversity of the challenge facing service providers and existing models of provision.

Objective: This webinar will involve discussion with participants of different national realities to better understand problems and implications for responses. It will illustrate the wide range of available and used evidence-based responses, but also show how barriers can be overcome to implement and adjust these responses to the different situations.

A conversation with:

Andrew McAuley, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK
Martin Busch, Austrian Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH), Austria
Thomas Clausen, University of Oslo, SERAF, Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway

Chairperson: Isabelle Giraudon, EMCDDA

Opening and closing remarks: Alexis Goosdeel, EMCDDA Director

Format: EMCDDA opening remarks, panellists' questions, guided discussion, Q&A from attendees.

The following questions will be addressed:
What are the current major concerns around drug-related deaths in your country?
What is being done to address the problem?
From your perspective – what are the most pressing challenges right now? What are the implications for policy and practice and for research?

Q&A

Length: 1.5 hours
Read more: https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/event/2021/12/emcdda-webinar-drug-related-deaths-europe-current-challenges-and-implications-responses_en