European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2014) Perspectives on drugs: Emergency health consequences of cocaine use in Europe. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
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Several thousands of cocaine-related emergencies are reported in Europe every year, representing a considerable burden on services. In this analysis, the EMCDDA studies the type of cocaine-related problems reported and the potential of using hospital emergency data for monitoring acute problems associated with this drug.
1. Analysis
2. Video
3. Facts and figures
4. A vignette of typical victims
B Substances > Cocaine
G Health and disease > State of health
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Type of care > Emergency care
VA Geographic area > Europe
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