Organized by Intercambios (Argentina) and Psicotropicus (Brazil), both grantees of the Open Society Foundations, this event aims to promote an open and informed debate on drug issues in Latin America, a region that produces vast amounts of world’s illicit drugs.
Specific goals include:
- to create an informed social debate in order to promote nonpunitive drug policies based on scientific evidence, to effectively respond to diverse drug-related problems;
- to generate a regional exchange among scholars, policymakers, and civil society representatives with the purpose of exchanging information on drug consumption trends, drug-related problems, and policies and interventions developed in the region.
Speakers
Confirmed speakers include:
Luis Astorga (Mexico) PhD in sociology at the Sorbonne in Paris. Senior Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and coordinator of the UNESCO Management of Social Transitions (MOST) drug policy department.
Mara Brawer(Argentina) Undersecretary of Equity and Quality at National Ministry of Education from Argentina
Pedro Chequer (Brazil) Co-Founder and Director of Brazil’s National AIDS Program. A specialist in epidemiology, public health and sanitary dermatology
Mónica Cuñarro (Argentina) Executive Secretary of the National Coordinating Committee of Public Policy Regarding Prevention and Control of Illicit Drug Trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime, and Corruption. Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Argentina.
Further Information
Attendance is free of charge. Registration is open until August 20, 2010, at http://conferenciadrogas.com/?page_id=39&lang=en.
For more about the conference, please visit the conference website.