Organized by UNODC/RAB. Vladimir Poznyak, World Health Organization: We know that cannabis can cause intoxication of different severities. No doubt that regular cannabis use can result in dependence. CB receptors are not concentrated in the stem of our brain. Health is not only presence of absence of a disease, but the complete physical, mental, and …
Civil Society Participation
Side event: UNODC-WHO Community Management of Opioid Overdose – initial results from the S.O.S. study
Organized by Australia, Kyrgyzstan and the United States of America, and UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs and World Health Organization 14:10-14:20 Opening: Gilberto Gerra, Chief, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) We are going to present the results of our work on …
Side Event: Human Rights Compliant and Gender Sensitive Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Problem: Way Forward – Kyoto Crime Congress 2020
Organized by Mexico, Norway and Switzerland, and European Union, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, United Nations Development Programme and World Health Organization Zaved Mahmood, OHCHR: The Doha Declaration had one specific paragraph on drug related issues. Trying …
Side Event: Working towards equitable access to treatment of problematic substance use for Indigenous peoples
Organized by Canada and New Zealand, and New Zealand Drug Foundation, Te Rau Ora Ltd and the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation. Michelle Boudreau, Health Canada: Welcome. Sincere thanks to organizers that did an tremendous amount work to prepare for this event. First Nations peoples experience extremely high levels violence and poverty and intergenerational trauma due to …
Side Event: Beyond Prevention: Empowering Youth to Build Up Their Future
Organized by Italy, and Drug Free America Foundation, EURAD, Movendi International, San Patrignano Foundation, Turkish Green Crescent Society and World Federation Against Drugs. Stig Erik Sorheim, Europe Against Drugs (EURAD): We make choices within our available options. Prevention aims to reduce exposure to risk factors and equip youth to handle risks they are exposed to. …
Side Event: Amphetamines: Current and Future Innovations in Policy, Harm Reduction and Regulation
Organized by Transform Drug Policy Foundation. Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation: Amphetamines and methamphetamines are both available as legal medicines and via the illegal market, either diverted or via unregulated production. Production around amphetamines is somewhat easy to answer, as we already have a scaled up legal model for medical use. Could expand the …