Organized by World Health Organization Devora Kastel, Director Dept of Mental Health and Substance Use at WHO: WHO Mission and Goals – promote health, keep the world safe and to serve the vulnerable. Triple billion goal – – must reach 3 billion more people in the next 5 years to meet SDG targets – want …
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Side Event: Amphetamines: Current and Future Innovations in Policy, Harm Reduction and Regulation
Organized by Transform Drug Policy Foundation. Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Amphetamines and methamphetamines are both available as legal medicines and via the illegal market, either diverted or via unregulated production. Production around amphetamines is somewhat easy to answer, as we already have a scaled up legal model for medical use. Could expand the …
Side Event: Young People Use Drugs – Bridging the gap between Human Rights and Young Key Populations
Alex Betsos (CSSDP): Welcome. We will structure our event today around the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy. There is still language missing about youth in terms of autonomy, it is very much children focused. Our panelists will talk about what builds on that point, how we work to bridge the gap between …
Side Event: Implementing the United Nations Bangkok Rules: Women and Drug Policies
Organised by the Government of Canada, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Penal Reform International, the Washington Office on Latin America and WHRIN Introduction and Chairing by Marie Nougier, International Drug Policy Consortium Kristin McLeod (Canada): Canada is especially committed …
Side event: Should Police be leading reform? Diversion schemes, decriminalisation and drug consumption rooms
Organized by Law Enforcement Action Partnership UK and Law Enforcement Action Partnership US James Nicholls, Transform Drug Policy Foundation Police Diversion Schemes in the UK Context: 43 forces; 7 with existing diversion schemes. 135,000 simple possession arrests in the UK in 2019. Reduced police resources. Increased incidences of more serious violent crime (including drug-related). Introduction …
Side Event: Reducing Health Risks of the Use of NPS in EECA Region – Organized by the Governments of Estonia and the Republic of Moldova, and the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association
Aljona Kurbatova (National Institute for Health Development, Estonia): […] Dr. Z hannat Kosmukhamedova (UNODC): The UNODC published a technical guide, the ‘HIV Prevention Treatment, care and support for people who use stimulant drUNODCugs’ to increase awareness of the needs and issues faced by affected groups and to provide recommendations in responding to them. The global …