Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

Side Event: Aligning Drug Policy with Environmental Protection

Organized by the Transnational Institute with the support of Brazil, Colombia, the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Health Poverty Action, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Open Society Foundation, Viso Mutop and the Washington Office on Latin America   Clemmie James, Health Poverty Action: Today, we will explore how punitive drug policies have accelerated environmental degradation …

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Side event: Prioritizing harm reduction as a response to the drug poisoning crisis in North America

Organised by the Washington Office on Latin America with the support of Canada, the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the Drug Policy Alliance Moderator: John Walsh, Washington Office on Latin America Jennifer Saxe, Director General, Controlled Substances Directorate Health, Canada: The government of Canada’s perspective takes …

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Side Event: Drug Policy in Context: Poverty, Criminalization and Discrimination Against Women

Organized by ‘Equis: Justicia para Las Mujeres’ and co-sponsored by WOLA (Washington Office on Latin America). Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 Speakers: Nancy Carmona, Coordinator of Public Policy, EQUIS Justicia para Las Mujeres Mónica Rebollo, Senior Public Policy Officer, EQUIS Justicia para Las Mujeres Amaranta Valgañón, Senior Attorney – Strategic Litigation, EQUIS Justicia para Las Mujeres …

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Side event: The green wave hits Europe: Recent cannabis regulation initiatives in Europe

Event co-sponsored by: Forum Droghe, Associazione Luca Coscioni, ICEERS, IDPC, reLeaf Malta, TNI, Transform, WOLA [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6kGiTD_QQw&w=560&h=315] The event recording is also available here. Susanna Ronconi, Forum Droghe. We know that the reform of cannabis is going on in Europe with different outcomes. Malta has already decriminalised personal use and possession. Luxembourg, Germany, Italy and others …

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