To inspiring better
drug policies
in the region
Why we came together
The ECECACD was created in 2021 by leaders from the region, former high-level politicians, diplomats, scientists, philanthropists to advocate for evidence-based, human rights oriented drug policy in the EECA region.
WHAT WE SAY
The ECECACD produces technical and political reports and evidence-based policy recommendations that ground drug policies in human rights, health and development.
Guiding principles towards effective and humane drug policies in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
The region of Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia (ECECA) is characterized by high levels of high-risk drug use and by slow progress towards more effective health- and human
Production, trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs in EECA region
The Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region hosts major routes for trafficking Afghan opiates as well as newly emerging Afghan-produced ephedrine and amphetamine.
Perception of drugs in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: overhaul needed
Prejudices and fears have long surrounded drugs, not always agreeing with facts and reality – yet validated by drug prohibition.
Drug laws and policies in four regions of Eurasia
Drug laws and their enforcement are too often focused on people who use drugs, rather than those who are engaged in other harmful criminal activity in the context of commercial drug trafficking.
Countries need
evidence-based
drug policy approaches
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EUROS*
*The Economist Intelligence Unit report
based on the study “Drug Policies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia:
the Economic, Health and Social Impact”
Can be saved
by abandoning
punitive drug policy
Commissioners
former President of the Republic of Poland, member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
former Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Senior Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland; member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
WHO Special Envoy for the European Region; former European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Lithuania
former European Commissioner for Development; Professor at the European University Institute, Latvia
former Mayor of Prague; former Head of Drug Policies, Czech Republic; member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
Ukrainian law enforcement, statesman, scientist. Professor, PhD in law science, Academic of the Political Science Academy of Ukraine. General. Public official of the 1st rank
