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 …
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
High Level Segment – Statement by Raymond Yans
The examination of the political declaration and plan of action focuses on the health and welfare of mankind. We could ask ourselves what kind of situation we would be in today without these conventions. Without them, we would probably have about 100 million people consume drugs across the world. In fact today, we have 5 …
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.
International Narcotics Control Board statement on 2012 report
INCB statement: Need to have a balanced between supply and demand reduction as well as preventing the first use for drugs. In some western countries where primary prevention has not been taken as seriously as it could, this sends the wrong message. As such, we need shared objectives and responsibility for these policies. While the conventions have …
NGO dialogue with the INCB: Mr Raymond Yans
The dialogue begins with a defensive statement about the INCB’s position within the drug control regime. This is followed by a personal defence on the individual members of the INCB… Essentially that they “are unpaid, retired professionals chosen because of their knowledge.” This was followed by a description of the role of the INCB – …
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 …