Organized by Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing with the support of Brandeis University, the Johns Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness and the New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing: Well, thank you for joining us for the side event. This event is sponsored by Physicians …
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Side Event. Feminist approaches in alternative development: the case of Albania
This side event is held in the margins of the 66th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and organized by GIZ’s Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD). It will present lessons and results of the project’s country activities in Albania with a focus on gender-transformative development measures in the context …
Side Event: Towards more inclusive alternative development
Outcomes of the 7th Expert Group Meeting on Alternative Development – Chiang Rai, Thailand, 2022. The 7th Meeting of the Alternative Development Expert Group (EGM), held in Chiang Rai, Thailand from 29 November to 1 December 2022, continued to serve as a platform for sharing experiences and best practices in the field of Alternative Development. …
Side event: Prioritizing harm reduction as a response to the drug poisoning crisis in North America
Organised by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of Canada, the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the Drug Policy Alliance Moderator: John Walsh, Washington Office on Latin America Jennifer Saxe, Director General, Controlled Substances Directorate Health, Canada: The government of Canada’s perspective takes …
Side Event: Celebrating 40 years of increasing and meaningful civil society engagement in international drug policy
Organised by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs with the support of Australia, Czechia and the UNODC Civil Society Unit Moderator: Jamie Bridge, VNGOC Jindrich Voboril, National Drug Coordinator, Czech Republic Civil society is the driving force in drug policy. The Czech Republic have just passed a bill to regulate drugs in regard to their …
Informal Civil Society Dialogue with OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP & WHO
Organised by delegates from WHO, OHCHR, UNAIDS and UNDP. Speakers: Jason White – Chair of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence Vladimir Poznyak – Coordinator of the WHO Management of Substance Abuse unit Annette Verster – WHO Technical Officer on HIV, drug use and most at risk populations Zaved Mahmood – OHCHR Human Rights …