Organised by Smart Approaches to Marijuana Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth: This is supported by Kevin Sabet and Sam. You may not know it, but I’m not Kevin Sabet – and neither is she. Kevin asked if I’d do a small, seven minute presentation at his event. The morning I got on the plane …
Side Events
Side event: Forced treatment, people who use drugs and the right to health: empirical evidence from Asia and Latin America
Organized by Equis Justicia Para Las Mujeres A.C., the International Drug Policy Consortium, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Leigh Toomey, Vice Chair, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: (Intro) Annette Verster, World Health Organization: Health and welfare of humankind are the fundamental underpinnings of the Conventions. This is very important …
Side Event: Rehabilitation and social reintegration for released prisoners including ensuring continuity of health care services
Rehabilitation and social reintegration for released prisoners including ensuring continuity of health care services Organized by Zambia, and UNODC HIV/AIDS Section and UNODC Justice Section Alejandro Matta, Moderator Zambia supports post release programs and reintegration of people who have been imprisoned Alita Mbahwe, Zambian delegation Highlighting programs in Zambian custodial facilities. Government of Qatar thank …
Side Event: Public Health Responses to the Non-Medical Use of Cannabis
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 …
Side Event: Next steps for data collection on drugs: Experiences from UN agencies
Organized by Mexico and Switzerland, and Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, European Union, Global Drug Policy Observatory (Swansea University, United Kingdom), International Drug Policy Consortium, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Development Programme and World Health Organization The revised version of the Annual Report Questionnaire is set to be proposed, …
Side Event: Achieving gender equality in HIV interventions among people who use drugs
Guimaraes, Brazil: Without evidence based responses, we will not achieve anything. Gilberto Guerra (UNODC): Applying the same tools across genders is wring. The female population is often left on the streets in dependence. Conversations about interventions should take into account their contexts, peer-to-peer or mother-to-mother solutions are needed in these communities in the management of …