Mr. David Lewis, Australian Permanent Mission. Appreciates efforts of Dr. Gerra. Panama’s efforts in WHO EB resolution. Drawing upon CND resolution on which Australia has led for relief of pain and suffering. High priority on access to medical opioids for pain relief and palliative care. Moral obligation to work for better access. Guaranteeing access was …
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Side Event – UNODC’s ‘High Priority Countries’ for HIV Prevention
UNODC are anguished that the international community is missing its target of a 50% reduction in HIV among people who inject drugs by 2015. Access to proven harm reduction services is too low around the world. The UNODC HIV Team has responded to this by working with civil society organisations to identify 24 ‘high priority …
Best Practices in the use of cannabis for medical purposes.
This event was chaired by Dr. Franz Pietsch. Federal Ministry of Health, Austria and Professor Mark Ware, McGill University, Canada. Issues in cannabinoid prescribing Costs Off label use Stigma of cannabis still present Typically considered third or fourth line option – ie for chronic pain Abuse potential low See: Ware and St. Arnaud (Addiction 2010) …
Side event – Drug Trafficking and Consumption in West Africa
The session was chaired by Alan Doss from the Kofi Annan Foundation, and attracted more than 90 participants from Member States, civil society and UNODC. In 2013, Kofi Annan convened the West Africa Commission on Drugs – a group of distinguished West Africans from the worlds of politics, civil society, entertainment, health, security and the …
CND Plenary Day 3 – Sub items b) and c) Supply Reduction
Chief of the Sustainable Livelihood Units Support for South-South cooperation. UNODC places strong confidence in farming communities. Alternative development is by nature an activity undertaken in difficult situations. Stakeholders are marginalized, poor, and void of broad development support. UNODC is committed to working in Afghanistan. Alternative development must be a pillar in drug control strategies. …
CND Plenary Day 3 – Item 9. Chair of Drug Prevention and Health Branch
This year, of the 13 resolutions that have been proposed, 8 were about health. This shows us that we are now putting health at the centre stage of the drug control system. This is also an issue of saving money. The cost of one untreated drug dependent person is 833,00 pounds, according to a UK …