Organised by the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS), the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Associazione Luca Coscioni and Science for Democracy. INTRODUCTION: Marco Perduca (Associazione Luca Coscioni, Science for Democracy) UN bodies have repeatedly stated that the “world drug problem” needs to be addressed in an “evidence-based” and “human rights-based” …
From Side Events
Side event: Latin American organized crime groups and worldwide drug trafficking
Organized by the Governments of Colombia and Honduras, and Interpol (…) Colombia: The scourge of drugs have for decades fed violence and weakened institutional legitimacy. It has also created irreversible damage. The measures implemented show that the constant transformation of trafficking organisations demands a fight against all components and constant revision, renovation and innovation; to …
Side event: Alignment and implementation – Evidence to develop sustainable and conflict-sensitive drug
Organized by the Government of Switzerland, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Research and Trend Analysis Branch, Programme Development and Management Unit, and the London School of Economics Global Challenges Research Fund. Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division of Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC (Chair): you might wonder what the title is about, it …
Side event: The role of the judicial system on the war on drugs at Latin America
Organized by the Brazilian Network for Harm Reduction and Human Rights, the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform, the Center of Studies for Law, Justice and Society, and Instituto RIA Vera da Ros, REDUC: We conceived this side event to think about the role of the judicial system in the war on drugs in Latin America; challenges …
Side event: Drug policy: Saving public costs
Eliza Kurcevic, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association. What costs more? Criminalisation (prisons) or social and health services (different treatment programmes, prevention, employment benefits, social security services, etc.)? You can use the link here to vote. Here is a map here which measures the costs of criminalisation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). This assessment was made …
Side Event: Your Targets Impact Our Lives: Taking Stock of the Drug Free World Failures
Monica Beg: As an ethical principle all people should have the right to be involved in the decisions that affect their life. Now is the time to walk the talk. Video Presentation – ‘If we do not End the War on Drugs, the War Will End Us’ (David Subeliani, ENPUD) – We, as people who …