Synthetic drugs are increasingly displacing plant-based substances due to the ease with which synthetics can be produced and their ability to evade enforcement efforts. Across North America, repressive drug policies are driving an unregulated and therefore unpredictable — and often toxic — drug supply, resulting in a devastating wave of poisonings and preventable deaths.
This webinar will explore how the international community can promote systemic changes that center affected communities, advance public health, and amplify the voices of people who use drugs — while avoiding the mistakes of the failed “war on drugs.”
Featuring:
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Maria-Goretti Ane, International Drug Policy Consortium
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Andrzej Celinski, Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
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Theshia Naidoo, Drug Policy Alliance
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Julián Quintero, Proyecto Échele Cabeza, Colombia
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Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Together, these leading advocates and experts will discuss how evidence-based, community-centered approaches can reshape global drug policy — shifting from punishment to health, from stigma to dignity, and from crisis to care.