In its most recent annual report published on 6 June, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) highlights a rise in the number of deaths caused by overdoses. The EMCDDA points to, “the continued availability of new psychoactive substances and the growing health threat of highly potent synthetic opioids”.
The monitoring centre highlights recent "concern over the increasing number of drug overdose deaths in Europe, which has risen for the third consecutive...