This is a timely follow up from the landmark April 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs – an event which showed intense but frustrated pressure for reform and profound division over future direction.
On 12 September, the 2016 Annual Research Symposium of the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre will be held to discuss the current issues in substance use.
If you do have a search, you'll notice that barely an hour goes by without a news story about drugs. But like any industry - and like drugs themselves - quality is everything. What’s our fascination? How can we press dialogue into action? And let’s test the purity of drug journalism?
The Trinity Summit will bring together world class experts from science, public policy, business and campaigning to explore emerging new innovations in medical cannabis.
City Health International will hold its annual event to engage organisations and individuals in a debate on health in urban environments in London in September 2016.
Experts on drug control from the worlds of science, media, economics, policy and law enforcement will discuss what goes on behind the scenes of British drug control policy-making, and where the future may take us.
This seminar will offer a definition of the concept of harm reduction, its key components and underlying principles. It will also provide an overview of harm reduction coverage across the world, examples of best practice, as well as evidence of effectiveness. It will conclude with a series of recommendations on implementation.