Annual report 2003:
the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway
PDF files of the printed version in the various languages are available from the downloads section.
Welcome to the annual report online. You will find a wealth of material on the drugs problem in Europe on this site, including numerous complementary graphics and statistical tables:
Drug facts, figures and analyses: across Europe and by country.
Latest trends and social, legal and political responses.
Special issues: young people; social exclusion; public expenditure.
Two press releases summarise the main findings:
Main release: some ‘cautious optimism’ but beware of complacency, warns agency.
Special focus on young people: rising concern about ‘binge’ drinking and intensive drug use among the young and vulnerable.
Where to begin:
The main contents page offers easy access to the various sections of the report.
The data library provides shortcuts to the data, figures and sources that have been used in the report, by theme and by category.
The national reports from the Member States and Norway contain a detailed description and analysis of the drugs phenomenon per country.
A separate report offers a comprehensive overview of the drugs problem in the acceding and candidate countries.
This annual report is based on information provided to the EMCDDA by the EU Member States and Norway (participating in the work of the EMCDDA since 2001) in the form of a national report. The statistical data reported here relate to the year 2001 (or the last year available) for Chapter 1, ‘Drug situation’, but may refer to 2002 or later for developments in the area of ‘Responses to drug use’ and for the ‘Selected issues’.
Launch date: Wednesday 22 October 2003, 10h00 (CET).