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Reflections on conclusions of the informal civil society hearing and the scientific consultation

Michael Botticelli, USA National Drug Control Policy. We must root our policies into health. Criminal justice also has a role to play there. Approaches must be comprehensive, including primary prevention, universal and targeted prevention, support services. Hepatitis, HIV and overdoses must also be dealt with. Our efforts must be sustained over time. We make progress …

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INCB concluding remarks

Summarised points made in the discussion about the INCB report and addressed some the concerns made by Argentina about the INCB report containing the wrong statistics. Reaffirmed the need for members states to stick within the 3 drug conventions and made a final reference to complying with international human rights standards.

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Committee of the Whole – Resolution L2: Enhancing international cooperation in the identification and reporting of new psychoactive substances

Sponsored by: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Peru and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mexico Turkey Finland Thailand USA The original text can be accessed here. Venezuela: Asks to include “use of poppers” to the preamble text. A number of small grammatical changes made by the UK in the pre-ample paragraphs Canada gets …

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