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WOMEN and DRUGS, Lisbon 2015

WOMEN and DRUGS, Lisbon 2015 Communication from the Civil Society Forum on Drugs You may know that the upcoming extended Reitox network meeting due to take place on 24 November in Lisbon will focus on ‘Women and Drugs’. Experts from Spain, Norway, Latvia,...

Drug decriminalization / UNODC 19 October 2015

par FDFE | Actuality, official documents

Recently there was in different news that a paper supposedly written by UNODC to be released at the next International Harm Reduction Conference and calling for the worldwide decriminalization of all narcotics used for personal consumption had been stopped due to US...

Recommendations of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs on the UNGASS outcome document

par FDFE | Actuality, official documents

Introduction The Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSF) is a broad platform for a structured dialogue between the European Commission and the European civil society which supports drug policy formulation and implementation through practical advice.2 For the period...

EMCDDA Management Board selects new Director

par FDFE | official documents

Lisbon.- Alexis Goosdeel (Belgium) was selected today to become the new Director of the Lisbon-based European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Following a public recruitment procedure, the agency’s Management Board, meeting in Lisbon this week,...

Statement from Mr Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC on International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

par FDFE | Conference

26 June 2015 Today is an important day for focusing on the threat of the production, trafficking and use of illicit drugs. Robust action is needed to strengthen criminal justice systems, break-up the criminal networks who deal in misery and suffering, and to nurture...

UNODC view point on Prevention

par FDFE | official documents

Preventing drug use among youth works Drug use prevention programmes are effective when they respond to the needs of a community, involve all the relevant sectors and are based on scientific evidence; effective programmes should also incorporate strong monitoring and...