EU pushes against drugs with new Lisbon-based agency
EUDA officially started working this week in Portugal following a 2022 Commission proposal to beef up the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). “This will allow you [the agency] to do an even better job than you do today warning Europe of the dangers of drugs,” said Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs during the official launch of the agency in Lisbon. With worrying consumption statistics revealed in the European Drugs Report 2024, the EUDA will focus on strengthening drug preparedness in an increasingly intricate environment with “an increasingly...