Organised by delegates from WHO, OHCHR, UNAIDS and UNDP. Speakers: Jason White – Chair of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence Vladimir Poznyak – Coordinator of the WHO Management of Substance Abuse unit Annette Verster – WHO Technical Officer on HIV, drug use and most at risk populations Zaved Mahmood – OHCHR Human Rights …
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65th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (#CND65) – CND Blog Index
Below, the CND Blog offers an Index of the close-to-120 hours of real-time non-literal blogging material captured during the 65th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. INDEX Plenary Committee of the Whole Side Events Informal Dialogues Plenary Opening of the 65th Session of the CND Item 1. Election of officers Item 2. Adoption of …
Side event: Side Event: Drugs and Elections – How to Advance Drug Policy Reform
Organised by the Open Society Foundations Matthew Wilson, OSF (Moderator): Thank you so much for joining this OSF-sponsored side event at the 65th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. I am very privileged to welcome this outstanding panel: the former President of Colombia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Juan Manuel Santos; Nurul Izzah Anwar, …
Side event: Mitigating the risks of corporate capture for legal cannabis markets
Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation. The webinar will be recorded. I join with our fellow speakers in condemning the Russian invasion in Ukraine and stand in solidarity with our Ukrainian colleagues and friends. The key aims of cannabis policy should be to protect health and promote social justice and equity and reduce crime. Performance should …
Side event: The shortcomings and side effects of substance scheduling
Organised by the HIV Legal Network with the support of Canada, the Netherlands, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, the International Drug Policy Consortium, the Transform Drug Policy Foundation and the Transnational Institute [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpTrauKAi98&w=560&h=315] Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation. It goes without saying that we are expressing our solidarity with Ukraine. Our event …
Side Event: Young Women Who Use Drugs – Breaking the Silence
Organized by the Youth RISE (Resource, Information, Support, Education) Limited with the support of the Women and Harm Reduction International Network This side event is inspired by the ‘Young Women and Drug Use’ position paper by YouthRISE and WHRIN: https://youthrise.org/resources/young-women-and-drug-use-position-paper/ Six young women who use drugs (YWWUD) from around the world discuss the shared and …