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3rd Latin American Conference and 1st Mexican Conference on Drug Policy

13 - 14 September 2011

Mexico City, Mexico

This year, experts, activists and policy makers from Latin America will gather in Mexico to favour an informed debate on drug policy and generate a regional exchange of experience with the purpose of updating drug policy in the region.

Events 28 March 2011

16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa: 'Own, scale up & sustain'

4 - 8 December 2011

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

This bi-annual event is one of the largest HIV focused conferences taking place in Africa, with over 10,000 delegates expected to attend. This event offers a unique opportunity to raise the profile of harm reduction and drug policy within the region.

Events 24 February 2011

The impact of parental substance misuse on children’s educational attainment

2 December 2010

Glasgow, Scotland

The University of Glasgow is organising a conference focusing on drug and alcohol misuse in families and its impact on educational attainment. The conference will be of interest to anyone working with children and young people who are affected by drug or alcohol misuse.

Events 25 August 2010

53rd International ICAA Conference on Dependencies

3 - 6 November 2010

Cancún, Mexico

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.

Events 18 August 2010

The Art of the Possible: Advancing Drug Policy Reforms in Latin America

6 May 2010

Washington D.C., USA

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Transnational Institute (TNI), and George Washington University (GWU)’s Latin American & Hemispheric Studies Program are organising a conference on drug policy debates and reforms underway in Latin America on the morning of Thursday, May 6 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. The half-day event will feature government officials and legislators from South America discussing national-level reforms, as well as experts addressing cross-cutting themes such as harm reduction strategies, the role of law enforcement, human rights, and cannabis policy.

Events 26 April 2010

Updates from the 6th Adriatic Drug Addiction Treatment Conference

The conference was a very important and useful meeting that was attended by professionals, care providers and policy makers from across South East Europe.

News Alerts July 9, 2012

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

Welcome to the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide. The Guide brings together global evidence and examples of best practice to provide guidance on the review, design and implementation of national drug policies.

Publications March 15, 2012

EMCDDA Prevention standards and guidelines for practices

The specific objectives of the project were to compile, review and analyse existing drug prevention standards in EU Member States, and to publish a common set of European drug prevention quality standards.

Publications February 9, 2012

Drug prevention programmes in schools: What is the evidence?

The prevention approaches which appear to be most effective are those based on social influences and life skills, for example Life Skills Training and Unplugged.

Publications November 21, 2011

EMCDDA Prevention profiles 2011

What are countries in Europe doing to prevent illicit drug use? Prevention profiles try to answer this question by providing information based on expert appraisal of the level of provision of different prevention measures in Europe.

Publications October 27, 2011

IDPC response to the EMCDDA - The European Union and illicit drug market indicators

In response to the EMCDDA call for input from experts to revise indicators monitoring the supply of illicit drugs in the European Union, IDPC prepared a submission promoting a set of indicators covering the levels of market-related harms to give a better picture of the achievements of drug law…

Publications August 30, 2011

UNODC World Drug Report 2011

This report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides an overview of the global drug situation.

Publications June 23, 2011

IDPC Briefing Paper - Policy responses to drug issues in Malaysia

This paper provides an insight into Malaysian drug policies and the environment in which the national response to drugs has been developing in terms of harm reduction, prisons, drug treatment, law enforcement responses and civil society participation. An analysis of the situation concludes…

Publications June 22, 2011

EMCDDA–Europol 2010 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA

A total of 41 new psychoactive substances were officially notified for the first time to the two agencies in 2010. This represents the largest number of substances ever reported in a single year, considerably up on 2009 (24 substances) and 2008 (13 substances).

Publications May 23, 2011

IDPC/TNI Series on legislative reform of drug policies No 14 - Conviction by numbers: Threshold quantities for drug policy

This briefing provides an overview of the current discussion around threshold quantities and explores the mechanism of threshold quantities including their benefits and drawbacks as a policy and legal tool.

Publications May 19, 2011

TNI/IDPC Series on legislative reform of drug policies No. 13 - Kratom in Thailand: decriminalisation and community control?

This briefing paper provides an overview of issues related to kratom legislation and policy in Thailand as well as a set of conclusions and recommendations to contribute to a reassessment of the current ban on kratom in Thailand and the region.

Publications May 12, 2011

IDPC report of proceedings: The 2011 Commission on Narcotic Drugs

This report aims to provide the reader with a summary of what happened at 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, including at various satellite events, and offers some analysis of the key discussions and debates.

Publications April 27, 2011

The Vienna Declaration - Public education and outreach toolkit

This toolkit was created to educate the public about evidence-based drug policy, increase media interest in drug policy reform and build political support by getting local and national governments to endorse the Vienna Declaration and join the call for evidence-based drug policy.