EU that Protects: The launch of the 2019 EU Drug Markets Report

Tomorrow, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, together with the Directors of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol, Alexis Goosdeel and Catherine De Bolle will present the 2019 EU Drug Markets Report. The report will highlight the increasing importance of Europe both as market and a drug-producing region and will cover trends along the drug supply chain from production and trafficking to distribution and sales. It describes how the drug market has wide-ranging impacts on both the health and the security of EU citizens and underlines the need for a holistic approach to effective drug control policies. A press conference will take place tomorrow at 10:00 (CET) at the International Press Centre of the Résidence Palace (Rue de la Loi, 155) and will be livestreamed on EbS. The report will be available here.