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The 5th International Symposium on Global Drug Policy

The Kabul International Symposium on Global Drug Policy

26-28 September 2005, Kabul

From the 26th to 28th of September 2005, ICOS held The Kabul International Symposium on Global Drug Policy, a high-level international conference that brought drug policy experts from around the world to meet with Afghan government officials, along with other key stakeholders and international organisations present in Afghanistan. The conference addressed issues of drug addiction and treatment, cultivation, eradication and alternative livelihoods and organized crime and legal responses.

The Symposium also marked the release of the initial findings of ICOS's Feasibility Study on Opium Licensing for the Production of Morphine and Other Essential Medicines. View documents released at the Symposium.
PROGRAMME


Monday, 26 September, 2005

10:00 - 11:00 PRESS CONFERENCE ON FEASIBILITY STUDY INITIAL FINDINGS


DAY I - ADDICTION AND TREATMENT

11:30 - 13:00 SESSION I: HEROIN CONSUMPTION CHALLENGES FROM KABUL TO VANCOUVER

14:30 - 16:30 SESSION II: FROM ADDICATION TO THE CHALLENGE OF TREATMENT

Tuesday, 27 September, 2005

DAY II - THE OPIUM CHALLENGE IN AFGHANISTAN

09:30 - 11:00 SESSION III: DRUG CULTIVATION FROM TRADITIONAL USE TO THE ILLEGAL MASS MARKET

11:30 - 13:00 SESSION IV: RESPONSES FROM ERADICATION TO ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT

14:30 - 17:00 SESSION V: AN OPIUM LICENSE FOR AFGHANISTAN, CONDITIONS AND PROSPECTS

Wednesday, 28 September, 2005

DAY III - WORKSHOPS AND CLOSING SESSIONS

09:30 - 11:00 WORKSHOP I: DRUG TREATMENT CAPACITY BUILDING

09:30 - 11:00 WORKSHOP II: DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT

09:30 - 11:00 WORKSHOP III: DRUGS AND CONFLICT

11:30 - 13:00 SESSION VI: DRUGS, SECURITY AND THE RULE OF LAW

14:30 - 16:30 SESSION VII: WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS

16:00 - 16:30 CLOSING SESSION: AFGHANISTAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY





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