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The results of the 2024 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) are released today in an extensive new report analysing adolescent substance use behaviours across Europe. The report — expanding on the key findings published in May 2025 — portrays a generation ‘in profound transition’. 

The 2024 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) report will be released here on Tuesday 21 October 2025 at approximately 12PM Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Stay informed: the publication will be announced here as well as on the EUDA website and social media channels

European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD): 30 years

On 20 May 2025, the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) will publish a brief report with the main findings from the 2024 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD). The report will appear on the EUDA website, and a direct link will be placed on the ESPAD home page. 

The interactive ESPAD data platform, managed by the Institute of Clinical Physiology of Italy’s National Research Council, will be updated on the same day with the new 2024 data set.

Today, the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is launching a new data explorer tool, allowing access to over 20 years of ESPAD data on substance use among 15-16-year-old students. ESPAD is the largest cross-national research project on adolescent substance use in the world, bringing together independent research teams in over 40 European countries. Developed by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), the new tool holds data collected between 1995 and 2019.