Past Events

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Drug Policy in Schools: Raising Awareness and Strengthening Early Intervention

Central London, UK

18 April 2013 - 18 April 2013

In 2010, the Government launched a new drug strategy to counter the harmful effects of drug and alcohol dependence in society. The twin aims of the strategy were to reduce harmful drug use and increase the numbers recovering from their dependence. The work is structured around three themes – reducing demand, restricting supply and building recovery in communities.

Tackling legal highs in Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

16 April 2013

The Scottish Government is bringing together a range of experts, including the police, health experts and community organisations to discuss how the problem of legal highs in Scotland can be tackled.

Human Rights and Policing Conference

Camberra, Australia

15 April 2013 - 17 April 2013

The 2013 conference will be an opportunity to re-engage professionals and academics in the fields of human rights and policing, and to create a discourse about issues that face police in the 21st Century.

Book presentation “Working practices on drugs. From action to reflection … and back”

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

15 April 2013

Edited by Intercambios with the support of the Levi Strauss Foundation, this publication retrieves working strategies used by different teams that address problematic drug use.

Marijuana legalisation: Are there alternatives to state-federal conflict?

Washington, DC.

14 April 2013

Governance Studies at Brookings and WOLA will host a public forum with two leading scholars and two key politicians to examine the legal and political choices in USA after Colorado and Washington marijuana regulation.

The global drug prohibition regime: Half a century of failed policymaking?

Budapest, Hungary

11 April 2013

This is the third debate organised by the Open Society Foundations' Global Drug Policy Program and the CEU School of Public Policy. It will be held on 11 April 2013, at 5:30pm in the CEU Auditorium.

Inside and Out: Criminal Justice and Substance Use

Edinburgh, Scotland

24 March 2013

This Conference aims to dovetail policy and practice under the national Road to Recovery Drug Strategy with these emerging themes within the Scottish criminal justice system – thereby improving responses at policy development, planning and practice levels to people with substance problems in the criminal justice system.

ATOME Country Conference

Riga, Latvia

20 March 2013

The ATOME project aims to improve access to opioids across Latvia.

6th Australasian Drug and Alcohol Strategy Conference

Sydney, Australia

18 March 2013 - 21 March 2013

The 6th Australasian drug and alcohol strategy conference is the peak police drug and alcohol forum in Australasia. It brings together experts from law enforcement agencies, health service providers, policy analysts, researchers and industry representatives.

Preventing and eliminating violence against women: Drug policy reform as a way of violence elimination

New York, USA

12 March 2013 - 12 March 2013

EHRN in partnership with the International Gender Policy Network is organizing a parallel event in the 57th CSW session with the aim of informing the participants about the issues of violence against women who use drugs and/or are engaged in sex work.

56th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Vienna, Austria

10 March 2013 - 14 March 2013

Read the latest updates about the Commission on Narcotic Drugs!

Prison and Probation Reform: Closing the ‘Revolving Door’ in Offender Management

London, UK

4 March 2013

Seeking to urgently address current failings in the prison and probation system, the Government has committed to wide-ranging reforms to offender management frameworks and has pledged to deliver a 'rehabilitation revolution'.