Policy
61st Regular Session of CICAD
The sixty-first regular session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) will be held in Washington, D.C., April 24-26, 2017. The draft agenda for the meeting as well as all other documentation (Draft Schedule of Activities, Information Bulletin with registration instructions, reports and presentations) will be posted on CICAD’s webpage www.cicad.oas.org in due course.
Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths in the UK
Robust messages for the government from the UK’s official drug policy advisers: Ageing profile of multiply-ill heroin users will continue to press up drug-related deaths. To counteract this pressure government must maintain investment in...
ISSUP at the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Earlier this week ISSUP attended the 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) at the Vienna International Centre.
2nd National Youth Forum on Prevention of Drug Abuse
The Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses (SPYM) held the 2nd National Youth Forum on Prevention of Drug Abuse on the 18th of February 2017 in New Delhi with the support of Vishwa Yuvak Kenda (International Youth Centre). Over 300 young people from selected colleges and institutions recommended various drug use prevention measures which could be considered for implementation by both the Government and Civil Society
Evaluating Communities That Care (CTC)
‘Community coalitions’ is a preventative strategy that coordinates activities and resources to reduce adolescent substance use and delinquent behaviour, mobilising communities in the promotion of health and prevention initiatives...
Good Policy and Practice in Health Education
Booklet 10: Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs The latest volume in the Good Policy and Practice in Health Education Series has been developed via international consultation between the United Nations...
Beyond Cigarettes: The Risks of Non-Cigarette Nicotine Products and Implications for Tobacco Control
BACKGROUND Whereas much is known about the effects of tobacco use, the current state of knowledge regarding non-cigarette nicotine products, such as electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes and other vaping devices), water pipe...
Webinar: "Marijuana on the Mind: A Primer for Policymakers"
Eight states in the U.S. have legalized recreational use of marijuana, 11 are considering loosening their laws this year, and even Congress is half-heartedly looking at ending the federal restriction on state marijuana laws. And yet the effects of marijuana on the brain, whether positive or negative, are poorly understood and in desperate need of further study in order to address important public health concerns.
2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
This week the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) publicly rolled out the 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in...
60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is the central policy-making body of the UN drug control system. The CND meets annually when it considers and adopts a range of decisions and resolutions. The 60th session of the CND will take place in Vienna from the 13th to the 17th of March, 2017.
