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Driving change: efforts to reform drug policies gained traction in Georgia

A series of pivotal meetings convened in Georgia throughout 2023 marked a significant step forward in the campaign to promote effective and humane drug policies across Eastern and Central Europe

Public discussion of the state strategy on drugs, December 18, 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine

The public discussion was aimed at discussing of recommendations to the National Strategy on Drugs until 2030 HYPERLINK in the context of EU accession of Ukraine and the respective need

Ahead of World AIDS Day Global Commission on Drug Policy new report

Globally nearly 1 in 5 people who inject drugs are living with HIV and over a third live with Hepatitis C Wednesday, November 22, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)—Ahead of this year´s

A new report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has been published, incorporating the ECECACD recommendations

A new report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, “Human Rights Challenges in Addressing and Countering All Aspects of the World Drug Problem”, has been

ECECACD commissioners discussed steps for drug policy transformation with the Moldovan Prime Minister: results of the 1st official visit

During September 11 – 13, an official delegation of the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy (ECECACD) visited Moldova in order to create a meaningful

Drug policy discussions in Georgia

The Social Justice Center held a round table with the participation of experts, communities and stakeholders to discuss drug policy, development trends, existing problems and prospects for drug policy reform.

A new stage in the struggle for humane drug policy in Kyrgyzstan

On 19-21 June 2023, the second official visit of the Regional Commission on Drug Policy (ECECACD) took place in Kyrgyzstan. This event is important for overcoming problems related to drug

The public health case for reforming drug policy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Public health is facing a serious crisis in much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. A range of social and economic factors, the remaining impact of Covid and the war

ECECACD highlighted the EECA region perspectives at the the European Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health

Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland, Chair of the ECECACD, and Commissioner of the GCDP, Professor Kazatchkine, Special Advisor to the WHO Office for Europe, Commissioner of the GSDP and

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