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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

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

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.

Publications April 27, 2011

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2012

The INCB report provides an overview of the drug control situation in various parts of the world.

Publications March 5, 2013

IDPC Report - First IDPC seminar on drug policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Last January, IDPC organised its first drug policy seminar in the Middle East and North Africa region, in collaboration with its local partner, the National Rehabilitation Centre, in order to generate constructive discussions and sgare experience on drug policy, and to discuss the possibility to…

Publications March 30, 2011

Report on the implementation by Russia of the Political Declaration

The report highlights blatant disregard by the Government of Russia for health, human rights and scientific evidence related to the use of harm reduction measures for those who use illicit drugs.

Publications March 28, 2011

IDPC Briefing Paper - The heroin shortage in the UK and Europe

In 2010, observers of the UK heroin scene noticed signs of disruption in the normally well-supplied and efficiently administered UK heroin market. IDPC has been monitoring the situation closely, both in the UK and continental Europe. This briefing paper provides an overview of the European…

Publications March 16, 2011

Australian National Drug Strategy 2010-2015

The Australian Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy has outlined the national drug strategy for 2010-2015, a framework for action on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.