In the past year we are focusing on preventing drug use among young people. We continue to implement life-skill programs in the education system throughout all school years. Parental involvement is also important, including with parents in prison. Evidence and research based programs form our approach. We have a new centre to monitor drug and …
Israel
CND day 4 – Plenary statement of Israel on drug demand reduction
Prevention is available at all levels. The state of Israeli is home to a wide range of social-economic, religious and cultural backgrounds, which is taken into consideration in our demand reduction policies. We have developed programmes tailored to each subgroup. It is part of the school curriculum, starting at kinder garden until high school, army …
Committee of the Whole – afternoon session
The first resolution debated today was entitled ‘Promoting community-based drug use prevention‘, co-sponsored by the US, Mexico, Indonesia, Colombia and Israel. The resolution provoked no debate, and was approved with minor wording amendments. The Russian delegation objected to the term ‘evidence-based’ in the draft, and instead wanted the term ‘reliable’ used. The US agreed to …