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55th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)

Vienna, Austria
11 March 2012 - 15 March 2012
In March, the CND will gather in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the international drug situation and the implementation of the UN drug control conventions. This webpage will be updated regularly to provide updates on the CND meeting.

The war on drugs has failed. Is legalization the answer?

Rice University, Texas, USA
7 March 2012 - 8 March 2012
Defenders of current policy, leading advocates for reform, and academic researchers will discuss and examine key issues such as alternatives to prohibition, effects of the war on drugs on minority communities, and international efforts to reduce the harms of drug abuse. 
Workshop – Opiate realities: “From behind the eyes”

Workshop – Opiate realities: “From behind the eyes”

Ottawa, Ontario
16 February 2012
A custom workshop of select CAST Canada material with panels of folks with lived experience - direct, family and professional - we will see the realities of the opiate experience "From Behind the Eyes"  of the folks who have been there and some who are there.  For front line helping professionals.
6th European conference on health promotion in custody

6th European conference on health promotion in custody

Geneva, Switzerland
31 January 2012 - 2 February 2012
The 6th European Conference on the Promotion of Health in Prison will focus on the theme "Patients or prisoners - Towards equity in care in prison", in order to provide new responses to the major challenges to care in prison.

Launch of Naloxone programme in Australia

Canberra, Australia
15 December 2011
The Expanding Naloxone Availability in the ACT (ENAACT) Committee is pleased to announce the Launch of Australia’s first overdose management programme that provides naloxone on prescription to potential overdose victims.