Item 5b UNODC, Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch (DLSSB): Thank you, Mr. Chair. distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, as you’re well aware that new psychoactive substances are not under international control, but they produce the same harmful effects as the ones we have under control. In just over a decade, the number of these …
Smart Approaches to Marijuana
Side event: Lessons learned from marijuana legalization
Organised by Smart Approaches to Marijuana Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth: This is supported by Kevin Sabet and Sam. You may not know it, but I’m not Kevin Sabet – and neither is she. Kevin asked if I’d do a small, seven minute presentation at his event. The morning I got on the plane …
Informal Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
International Drug Policy Consortium: What work has the UNODC done (in particular in collaboration with the WHO) to highlight the need for ‘overdose prevention’ and the provision of harm reduction interventions as a central element of countries’ response to the current overdose crisis? Yury Fedotov, UNODC: We collaborate on a number of issues, including on overdose …
Plenary Session: Item 6. Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem (Afternoon session)
United States: On the supply side, global production of cocaine, opium poppy and synthetic drugs continue to increase, requires strategic and targeted domestic control measures. In addition to paying attention to these founding documents, we must pay attention to new realities, including grave threat posed by use of synthetic drugs, where our public health emergency …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
Opening remarks from UNODC ED: It is good to see so many people here, and it means that what we are doing is important. The CND is an important forum. I appreciate Esbjorn’s leadership of VNGOC, and for facilitating this meeting. I also appreciate the Civil Society Task Force that worked for 2016 and must now …
Side Event: Then and Now: Industry play books and addiction marketing
Samantha Kumara: Sri Lanka President established anti-drugs taskforce in 2015. Kevin Sabet, Smart Approaches to Marijuana: we have evidence-based cannabis policy that rejects there are only two choices of putting people in prison or legalizing marijuana use. We realizing drug use and dependence is a nuanced issue, and there are different settings of use. There …