policy

Nordic Reform Conference 2023

29 September 2023

Oslo

Norway

Learn. Connect. Participate.

Learn about evidence-based practices in the field of drug policy,

Contemporary Drug Problems Conference

6 September 2023

Paris

France

Building on CDP’s previous conferences, which have opened up questions of how drugs are problematised; how the complexity of drug use can be attended to; how drug use might be understood as an event, assemblage or phenomenon; how drugs and their effects are constituted in various forms of practice and interactions/intra-actions, and how we might rethink change.

New Global Coalition Launched to Address Synthetic Drug Threats

News

On July 7, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted a virtual Ministerial-level meeting to launch a Global Coalition to address Synthetic Drug Threats.

19TH INEBRIA Conference

28 September 2023

NORTH CAROLINA

United States

INEBRIA are pleased to announce that the 19th INEBRIA conference will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, on September 28-29, 2023 (pre-conference on the 27th).

The main conference theme is “Optimizing Brief Interventions for a New Era: From Research to Practice and Policy”.

About INEBRIA

How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?

Book

Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...

Lessons Learned from Portugal’s Pioneering Drug Policy

11 July 2023

Online

In 2001, Portugal implemented a groundbreaking policy that decriminalized personal possession of drugs, while maintaining criminal penalties for drug trafficking.

Support. Don't Punish International Day of Action

News

A global advocacy campaign calling for drug policies based on health and human rights. Support. Don’t Punish is a global grassroots-centred initiative in support of harm reduction and drug policies that prioritise public health and human...

The Implementation of Quality Standards (QS) at Coolmine Therapeutic Community

Scientific article

15 March 2023

BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development. METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic...

The Impact of Alcohol Availability Interventions

Scientific article

Interventions that restrict the availability of alcohol reduce the risk of harm. However, until now it has been unclear why this is the case. In this research, the views of public health teams, police, local authority licensing teams and...

Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit conclusions

News

Following the conclusion of the Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit, we are still enthusiastic to have met so many partners in person and for the good outcome of the event, which was possible thanks to the availability and contribution of every single person.

Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit conclusions and final declaration