Organized by the Governments of Brazil, Singapore and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Laboratory and Scientific Section. Luiz Beggiora – SENAD (Brazil): There has been high production of synthetic drugs at a global level and it very difficult to keep track of …
UNODC
Side event: Integrated methadone programme with take away doses for people with opioid use disorders in Tanzania
Organized by the government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the European Union, and Fundacion Internacional y para Iberoamerica de Administration y Politicas Publicas (FIIAPP) Col M.M. Abdallah, Chairman, NDLEA, Nigeria chaired. Welcomes empirical studies, has seen impact when visiting Tanzania, good example of EU and African country cooperation. Tom Carter, lead of Heroin Route …
Comprehensive health services for people who use stimulant drugs.
Monica Beg: 34 million people used NTS and 18 million used cocaine last year. NTS is second in prevalence of use to cannabis. Today the panellists will illustrate country specific responses and community responses. Rafael Batista (Brazil): it is imperative to promote access to the most vulnerable in Brazils society, this side event creates a …
Alternatives to incarceration: When are they useful, how much do they cost and how can member states best implement and monitor them?
Organized by the Governments of Argentina, Guyana and the United States of America, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States Guyana: because of its geography, Guyana is seen as an international drug trade point with its …
Side event: Strengthening equity in health and resilience
Taking into account the social determinants and risk factors for non-medical use of drugs and criminality Chair: one important objective of public health measures is equity and must be at the core of public health work. Portugal: we propose to explore social determinants and risk factors in non medical use of drugs, it is rooted …
Roundtable discussion: Item 5b. ‘Safeguarding the future…’
Interactive, multi-stakeholder round table of the ministerial segment: Safeguarding the future: enhancing our efforts to respond to the world drug problem through strengthening international cooperation, including means of implementation, capacity-building and technical assistance, on the basis of common and shared responsibility Chair: Welcome. Today I have a double function, in addition to chair I am …