2013.

Report on drug situation in Croatia (ENGLISH)

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2012.

The first general population survey (GPS) on licit and illicit drugs

In 2011, on the initiative of the Office for Combating Drugs Abuse (OCDA), Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar conducted first general population survey on licit and illicit drugs (N=4 756). According to this survey, lifetime prevalence for any illicit drug was 16% of the sample (15-64 years of age). Cannabis is the most prevalent illicit drug among the general population (15.6%), while prevalence for other drugs was significantly lower. In the last year and the last month, cannabis was used by 5% and 3.1% of the respondents. Lifetime prevalence of amphetamine was reported by 2.6% of the sample, ecstasy 2.5%, cocaine 2.3%, LSD 1.4% and heroin 0.4%.

Quarter (25.7%) of the young adults (15-34) of the sample indicated any drug consumption in their life. In this age group, lifetime prevalence of cannabis was 25.3%, amphetamines 5.1%, ecstasy 4.6%, cocaine 3.8%, LSD 2.4%, and heroin 0.5%. In the last year cannabis was used by 11.0% and in the last month by 6.1% of young adults.

The report on GPS is available for download in PDF.

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The 2011 ESPAD Report

The main purpose of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16-year-old European students in order to monitor trends within as well as between countries. 

The first study was carried out in 26 countries in 1995, while data collection in 2011 was performed in 37 countries. However, results for 2011 are available only for 36 countries, since the Isle of Man collected data but unfortunately did not have the possibility to deliver any results. This summary presents key results from the 2011 survey in the ESPAD countries as well as findings regarding the long-term trends. An initial section gives a short overview of the methodology. Independent research teams in the participating countries form the basis of the collaborative project. In the 2011 ESPAD data collection, more than 100,000 students took part in the following countries: Albania, Belgium (Flanders), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of Srpska), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany (five Bundesländer), Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation (Moscow), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

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Drugged driving can kill: a new Pompidou Group television spot

The PG has launched a dramatic 30-second television spot on a young woman in hospital after a drug-induced car accident. Many accidents and deaths on European roads are caused by drivers whose performance is impaired by psychoactive substances.  The launching of the spot marks 30th anniversary of the Pompidou Group at the Council of Europe.
»suite Spot in English, French, German, Italian, Russian. Spot is available on official Pompidou Group website www.coe.int.

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UNODC - The World Drug Report 2009

The World Drug Report presents comprehensive information on the illicit drug situation. It provides detailed estimates and trends on production, trafficking and consumption in the opium/heroin, coca/cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants markets. This year, for the first time, the World Drug Report includes special feature sections on the quality of drug data available to UNODC, trends in drug use among young people and police-recorded drug offences. It also discusses one the most formidable unintended consequences of drug control - the black market for drugs - and how the international community best can tackle it.

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Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe launched

On 5^th November 2009 EMCDDA launched its Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe. The report, available in 23 languages, provides the latest European data and commentary on the drug situation across the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Turkey and Norway. Individual chapters dedicated to specific drugs are complemented by updates on drug-related infectious diseases and deaths, new drugs and emerging trends and the legal, political, social and health responses to Europe’s drugs problem. Full details including news releases and supporting material on the event can be found on the Annual report event page.
Related links:

- Message from the EMCDDA Director, Wolfgang Götz
- Annual report event page
- Download the EMCDDA Annual report 2009

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Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and dignitaries pay study visit to EU drugs agency

(21.9.2009, LISBON) Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia, Đurđa Adlešič, visited the EMCDDA as the country prepares for membership of this EU agency. Ms Adlešič, who is also president of the Commission on Combating Narcotic Drug Abuse of the Croatian Government, was joined by a 20-strong delegation.

Among the dignitaries were: Neven Mimica, Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament and President of the Committee on European Integration; Stjepan Adanić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity; Milanka Opačić, President of the Committee on Family, Youth and Sport; and other high-level parliamentary representatives in the areas of health, social welfare and domestic policy. The delegation also boasted a strong technical team of experts working in the drugs field, including the heads of the governmental Office for Combating Narcotic Drug Abuse and the Croatian Reitox national focal point.

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