⚠️ 📈 Overdose deaths are on the rise ⚠️ 📈 New drugs are emerging ⚠️ 📈 The health threat of synthetic opioids is growing The impact of the drugs problem continues to be a significant challenge for European societies. This year's European Drug Report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) shows that we need to join forces to protect the health of our citizens and also to stop huge profits of criminal organisations (€ 24 billion per year). | European Commission

The emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and demand of other drugs has compounded the impacts of the world drug problem, leading to a rise in drug use disorders and environmental harms, according to the UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report 2024. | UN Geneva