Caitlin Hughes
@DrCaitlinHughes
Associate Professor in #Criminology & #DrugPolicy @Flinders. President @ISSDrugPolicy. #DrugLaws #Decriminalisation #Policing #FestivalSafety #DrugMarkets
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25-04-2018 01:36:51
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Very important and powerful panel at #CND67 brings Indigenous leaders from 🇳🇿🇨🇴🇨🇦🇦🇺 to call for Indigenous led #DrugPolicy . A much needed side event at CND to ⬇️ disproportionate harms, ⬆️ voice and build more effective drug policies.
Scott Wilson UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
UNAIDS welcomes the adoption of a crucial resolution recognizing #harmreduction measures at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs. #CND
Read statement: tinyurl.com/c933752c
A historic end to #CND67 with the breaking of the Vienna consensus & first #HarmReduction resolution adopted. Privileged to see so many countries speak out this week on the importance of harm reduction - a historic shift for evidence based #DrugPolicy 🙌🙌🙌
💥The 2024 ISSDP Excellence in Research Award is now open💥
We seek nominations for research published in the past 3 years that has made a substantial innovation in how we think about or conduct research in the area of #DrugPolicy
⏰ due 31 March
issdp.org/the-issdp-exce…
Attention #DrugPolicy wonks - Final day to submit your abstracts for Lisbon Addictions - it is a great conference so don’t miss out ✍️💊🌎✍️💊🌍
🔥🌍Call for abstracts for ISSDP track of Lisbon Addictions conference on New Developments & Challenges in #DrugPolicy now open. 🌏🔥
Key themes:
• early-warning systems
• #cannabis legalisation & regulation
• ⬇️ unmet demand for #treatment
• latest market trends
Submit by 31 Jan
Only one week left to submit your drug policy research abstracts! ISSDP Caitlin Hughes Beau Kilmer
Two weeks left to submit abstracts for the International Society for the Study of #DrugPolicy Conference in Montreal, Canada.
Submit your abstract & join us 19-21 June 2024: issdp.org/call-for-abstr…
#cannabis #opioidcrisis #harmreduction #drugmarkets #psychedelics #ISSDP2024
Delighted to see Professor Beau Kilmer and our new ISSDP Vice President delivering his keynote at the #APSAD23 conference on lessons from eleven years of legal cannabis for non recreational purposes
#cannabislegalisation
So great to see so many ISSDP members presenting at #APSAD23 !
Fantastic talks by ISSDP President Caitlin Hughes & NDRI Curtin's Dr. Simon Lenton
Look forward to continuing these conversations at #ISSDP2024 . Please join us in Montreal June 19-21! issdp.org/call-for-abstr…
#APSAD23 delegates - join this Australian Government and Civil Society Workshop - Addressing global health challenges related to drugs on Tuesday at 12.45pm
Penny Hill (she/her) Erin Lalor Scott Wilson Carrie Fowlie Nick Kent Students for Sensible Drug Policy Australia
Setting up a new International Indigenous #DrugPolicy Alliance has been a vital step forward for international drug policy. Pictured Scott Wilson Scott Wilson & Jahdai Vigona at the 2023 United Nation Commission on Narcotics Drugs meeting ❤️💛🖤.
#APSAD23 #CND66 #drugpolicy
The incredible Scott Wilson Scott Wilson talks about the ‘golden era’ of Australian #DrugPolicy where there was national consultation and input by Indigenous and other stakeholders and investment in many new and important initiatives #APSAD23
Call for abstracts for #ISSDP2024 Conference in Tiotià:ke/Montreal Canada 🇦🇹 is now open!
Key themes include:
• Decolonising #DrugPolicy
• #HarmReduction
• Transformations in legal frameworks on: #decriminalisation , #legalisation
• The #opioid crisis
issdp.org/call-for-abstr…
JUST OUT: An impressive study in JAMA Psychiatry concludes that the #Oregon decrim initiative (and a similar law in #Washington ) DID NOT result in an increase in #overdose fatalities. Evidence-based studies were & are crucial to sustaining support for #decrim
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…
UN report urges States to end overreliance on punitive measures to address drugs problem & shift to interventions grounded in #humanrights & public health. It is essential that laws, policies & practices deployed to address drug use must not exacerbate human suffering -…