Drug sales and violence up in EU, report finds

The availability of illicit drugs within the EU remains high, challenging the bloc’s narcotics regulation and health care policies, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has found.

In an extensive report released on Friday, the Portugal-based EMCDDA found that people are being exposed “to a wider range of psychoactive substances” within the European Union.

According to the report, the largest increases in drugs seized within the European Union from 2011 to…