After the Drug Wars

Launch event for the LSE Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy report  'After the Drug Wars'.

In April 2016, nation states and civil society will be convening in New York at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) to discuss the future of international drug control.

In this event, contributors to After the Drug Wars set out a new and urgently needed framework for drug control reforms based on Sustainable Development ahead of UNGASS. 

Speakers:

• Dr. John Collins is Executive Director of the LSE IDEAS International Drug Policy Project (IDPP).
• Dr Joanne Csete is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Columbia University.
• Dr Catalina Pérez Correa González is Professor and Researcher in Legal Studies Division at CIDE (Mexico).
• Javier Sagredo is the Regional Democratic Governance and Citizen Security Advisor at the UN Development Programme.
• Chair: Professor Danny Quah is director of the Saw Swee Hock South East Asia Centre and chair of the Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy.

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Event recorded February 15 2016.

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