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New York City Bar, Committee on Drugs and the Law - Confronting an oxymoron: taking control of controlled substances

42 West 44th Street, New York, USA
15 November 2010
For 40 years, the 1970 Federal Controlled Substances Act it has affected crime, public health, and the justice system in the USA with little success: the societal harm relating to drugs continues to escalate. On the 40th anniversary of the Act, the Committee on Drugs and the Law will present an international group of experts to address key questions on drug control.

53rd International ICAA Conference on Dependencies

Cancún, Mexico
2 November 2010 - 5 November 2010
The 53rd Conference of the International Council on Alcohol and Addiction will be hosted in Cancun, Mexico, by Centros de Integracion Juvenil, A.C. (CIJ). Focusing on topical concerns such as ‘legal highs’, the internet, crime and globalisation, the Conference will examine the challenges for prevention and treatment at the local, national and international level.

French National Harm Reduction Conference

Montreuil, France
13 October 2010 - 14 October 2010
The conference will cover topics such as drug users in prison, injecting rooms, harm reduction in nightlife settings, the role of elected officials in the development of the harm reduction policies, drug user involvement, hepatitis C, etc.

10th International Colloquium of Human Rights

São Paulo, Brazil
8 October 2010 - 15 October 2010
This Colloquium will focus on the following topic: "Regional and International Human Rights Systems: Challenges for Civil Society Participation”.

8th National Conference on Drug Policy

Buenos Aires, Argentina
3 October 2010 - 4 October 2010
This Conference, organised by Intercambios, represents a platform for discussion on drug policy in Argentina.

Urban Drug Policies in the Globalised World

Prague, Czech Republic
29 September 2010 - 1 October 2010
The conference “Urban Drug Policies in the Globalised World” will be held from 30 September to 2 October 2010 under the auspices of the Mayor of Prague and the Municipal Council on the amazing premises of the Prague Municipal House.

5th Adriatic Drug Addiction Treatment Conference

Ohrid, Macedonia
29 September 2010 - 1 October 2010
SEEA net 2010 is a meeting that anyone concerned with the people who benefit from SEEA Net's services will want to attend. The main conference topics are treatment of drug users with comorbidity and cooperation with existent drug prevention and treatment services, medical, social and other services and NGOs in the region, treatment of Hepatitis C, different praxis through the region and treatment in prisons.

Next steps for the IDPC South East Europe NGO Network Working Group

Ohrid, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
27 September 2010 - 28 September 2010
The Working Group of the South East European NGO Network will meet to discuss further consolidation of the Network, its formal structure and the action plan for 2010-2011. The meeting will be followed by a seminar co-organised by IDPC, which will focus on harm reduction, civil society engagement with national governments and NGO work with Roma communities.

Providing a scientific basis for managing illegal drug problems

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
22 September 2010
The INSEAD is pleased to announce that the Abu Dhabi Campus will hold a research seminar focusing on drug initiation, price responsiveness and operation of the illegal supply chain. Resulting understandings will provide the foundation for estimating the cost-effectiveness of different strategies for controlling drug use and its associated social harms.

Correlation Seminar - Building capacities on HCV: A training for trainers

Budapest, Hungary
21 September 2010 - 23 September 2010
The main objective of the pilot training is to test the training tool and receive feedback from potential users of the tool. Such feedback is crucial to ensure that the tool is being used and is adapted to the needs of the target group. The training tool will be completed based on the feedback from Correlation partners, the results of the training and the evaluation by participants.

Advanced seminar on amphetamine use for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Prague, Czech Republic
31 August 2010 - 2 September 2010
This three-day training is designed to assist public health professionals in acquiring an understanding of work with stimulant users and will equip them with the skills required to analyse local drug situation with respect to the types of stimulant drugs.

Second Latin American Conference on Drug Policy

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 August 2010 - 26 August 2010
Intercambios in association with Psicotropicus will bring together public officials, scholars, advocates, and professionals to debate drug policy, next August in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The second Latin American Conference and first Brazilian Conference on Drug Policy will take place in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on August 26 – 27, and hopes to send a regional call to leave behind repressive policies and to tackle drug-related issues from a health and human rights perspective.