Organized by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Transnational Institute and Intercambios Puerto Rico. Dave Bewley Taylor (Global Drug Policy Observatory): I plan to discuss the key points made of our report, and the important and pressing issues which are in many ways being overlooked in current policy debates, both regional and …
Transnational Institute (TNI)
Side event: The complexity of the drug problem and the need to update national legislation
Antonio De Leo, UNODC (Chair): The world drug problem is complex, we all know that. It requires a comprehensive approach to tackle its causes and consequences. The Ministerial Segment of CND is a good opportunity to review and evaluate how each country and region can adapt their own drug legislation and frameworks to realities. Implementing …
Side event: Regulating cannabis in accord with international law
John Walsh, WOLA. In previous events we have discussed cannabis regulation as the elephant in the room. We should acknowledge it and assess the tensions with the drug control treaties. It is more likely that more elephants will show up in the room. Annette Henry, Jamaica. I am part of the cannabis regulation institution. I …
Side event: Edging forward – How the UN’s language on drugs has advanced since 1990
Organised by Mexico, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), the Transnational Institute (TNI) and the Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO) Ambassador Alicia Buenrostro Massieu (Mexico). It is my pleasure to welcome you all today to this event on the margins of the thematic discussions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, dedicated to the implementation of the …
Side Event: Cannabis and the Conventions: Aftermath of UNGASS
Organized by the Washington Office on Latin America, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, the Transnational Institute, the Transform Drug Policy Foundation and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. John Walsh Washington Office of Latin America (WOLA) – Moderator: The Outcome Document sought to give states flexibility, and now 1 in 5 Americans live in an area …
Side event: Cannabis and the conventions: Aftermath of UNGASS
Chaired by John Walsh (WOLA). Dave Bewley Taylor (GDPO): I’d like to provide some historical context and then approach the current legal situation. During the UNGASS, the issue was largely ignored; certainly in the Outcome Document. Cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit substance. Its scheduling had very little to do with scientific evidence on health harms. …