European Union Drugs Agency. (2025) Harm reduction – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025). Lisbon: EUDA.
External website: https://www.euda.europa.eu/publications/european-d...
Harm reduction encompasses interventions, programmes and policies that seek to reduce the health, social and economic harms of drug use to individuals, communities and societies. On this page, you can find the latest analysis of harm reduction interventions in Europe, including key data on opioid agonist treatment, naloxone programmes, drug consumption rooms and more.
This page is part of the European Drug Report 2024, the EMCDDA's annual overview of the drug situation in Europe.
B Substances > CNS stimulants
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Naloxone
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Benzodiazepines
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic cannabinoids (Spice / K2 / OXIZID / HHC)
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic cathinones
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic opioids
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control > Needle syringe distribution and exchange
L Social psychology and related concepts > Physical context, location or place > Safe spaces (injecting facilities / centre / consumption rooms)
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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