Organised by the Open Society Foundations Matthew Wilson, OSF (Moderator): Thank you so much for joining this OSF-sponsored side event at the 65th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. I am very privileged to welcome this outstanding panel: the former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Juan Manuel Santos; Nurul Izzah Anwar, …
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Side event: Reaching Global AIDS Targets Through Harm Reduction and Reform of Restrictive Drug Policy Frameworks
Co-sponsored by the Mission and the Kingdom of Thailand, the Mission of the Republic of Kenya, the World Health Organization, the International Network of People Who Use Drugs, the International Drug Policy Consortium and Harm Reduction International. Moderator: Matthew Kavanagh, Special Adviser to the Executive Director for Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge at UNAIDS: Distinguished representatives and …
Side event: Mitigating the risks of corporate capture for legal cannabis markets
Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation. The webinar will be recorded. I join with our fellow speakers in condemning the Russian invasion in Ukraine and stand in solidarity with our Ukrainian colleagues and friends. The key aims of cannabis policy should be to protect health and promote social justice and equity and reduce crime. Performance should …
Women, Motherhood and Substance Use: emerging research and on the ground evidence
Zara Snapp, Instituto RIA: Good morning. We know it’s early for many of us and afternoon for others. Welcome to the side event on mother women, motherhood and substance use. We´re very pleased to have an excellent panel here, and this will be available on social media after. This, since we know that many people would be …
Side event: International Standards for Reporting Cannabis and Cannabis-related Substances for Medical Purposes
18 March 2022 at 8:00 AM- 8:50 AM Vienna Time (CET) Organised by the INCB Narcotic Control and Estimates Section with the support of Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Israel, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the African Union Commission, the European Union and the …
Decriminalization in the Americas: Towards a more humane drug policy
Recording in English: Recording in Spanish: Juan Fernandez, IDPC: Dear colleagues, panellists and participants, My name is Juan Fernandez Ochoa, I work with the International Drug Policy Consortium and it is a pleasure to welcome you to ‘Decriminalisation in the Americas: Towards a more humane drug policy’, a side event on the margins of the …