Brussels - Drugs consumption in Europe is generally stable or falling, but record opium production in Afghanistan may lead to a surge in the availability of heroin across the continent, the European Union's drugs monitoring agency said Thursday.
"Overall, for most forms of consumption, we are not seeing major increases, and, in some areas, trends appear to be downwards," said Wolfgang Goetz, head of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).