The conference will also be an essential forum for discussions and networking in the aftermath of the High Level Meeting and the 2009 Commission of Narcotic Drugs in March.
The diversity of incarcerated populations, including adult prisons, youth detention centres and police watch houses give rise to special challenges in addressing the health needs among these incarcerated groups.
The aim of the conference is to facilitate the development of knowledge and an evidence base for different harm reduction and drug free interventions for drug users, which can be implemented throughout the criminal justice process, building on the work of ENDIPP (the European Network on Drugs and Infections in Prison).
"Drugs, Race and Discrimination" is the theme of the upcoming conference to be held in London. This unique event will focus on discrimination faced by drug users around the world
A Global NGO Forum contributing to the 10 year Review of Achievement following the 1998 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Illicit Drugs.
The main target audience for the conference is: practitioners, policy planners and researchers/ educators that are involved with early intervention or street-based youth work.
The four themes of the conference will be: Developing drug policy evaluation: where are we; Defining drug policy models/types; The rise of security and public nuisance concerns; The integrated approach to both licit and illicit drugs.