Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
EXPERT GROUP ON DEMAND REDUCTION
October 22-24, 2003 - Argentina
Organization of American States (OAS)
CICAD
Established by the OAS General Assembly in 1986, following the recommendation of the Rio de Janeiro Inter-American Action Program.
The governments of all 34 member countries appoint a senior representative to the Commission.
CICAD Executive Secretariat, at OAS headquarters.
CICAD meets to hold its ordinary session periods twice a year
CICAD – Member Countries
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panamá
Paraguay
Peru
Dominican Republic
St.Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Surinam
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
CICAD - Objectives
To promote regional cooperation and coordination between all 34 member countries through Action Programs to:
Prevent and treat illegal drug useReduce drug offer and illegal traffickingStrengthen national institutions and mechanisms for drug abuse controlImprove the legal and control system for illegal trafficking in weapons and laundering of assets.Encourage alternative development in legal crop areasHelp member country governments with data collection and review in connection with the drug problem
ANTIDRUG STRATEGY IN THE HEMISPHERE (1997)
CICAD –MultilateralEvaluation
Mechanism (MEM)
Main activities:
Evaluation of Member StatesHemispheric Evaluation
Objectives:
To strengthen mutual trust, dialogue and hemispheric cooperation to deal with drug problem issues.
To follow up the progress of individual and collective efforts undertaken by all countries participating in the mechanism, stating both the results achieved and the obstacles faced by countries.
CICAD – Multilateral
Evaluation Mechanism (MEM)
MEM reports are prepared every two years after a full evaluation period based on answers to a questionnaire based
on established indicators. A report on the follow-up or implementation of established recommendations is prepared
between evaluation periods.
MEM PROCESS PRINCIPLES: •Respect for sovereignty, territorial jurisdiction and the domestic legal framework of each State.
•Reciprocity, shared responsibility, comprehensive and balanced approach to the issue.
•Observance of Antidrug Strategy in the Hemisphere and applicable international agreements and instruments.
CICAD – Demand
Reduction I
1. Online Master’s Program in Drug Dependence
2. Latin America Nursing Schools Projecterica
3. Stenghtening Public Health Schools
4. RIOD (Ibero-American Network of NGOs)
5. Treatment and Prevention in the Caribbean
6. Alternatives to imprisonment in the Caribbean
CICAD – Demand Reduction II
7. Regional Strategy for Demand Reduction in the Caribbean
8. Minimum standards of care for treatment of drug abuse
9. Gangs, violence and drugs
10. Program of antidrug interventions for street children and working minors
11. Certificate in addiction studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI)
www.unireddrogas.org
RECOMMENDATIONS 4th EXPERT GROUP MEETING – JAMAICA, AUGUST 2001
Allocation of R&D Resources: training, research, treatment standards.
Greater attention to alcohol abuse and synthesis drug problems.
Improving service quality Establishing a National Treatment
System Inventory of Programs and Treatment
Services.
Training of professionals specializing in R&D.
Including the topic of drugs in the curriculum of related professions
Training of TC operators Including the topic of alcohol abuse
and tobacco in preventive programs.
Training to approach the problem of gangs.
Alternative sentencing, other than imprisonment of drug dependents
Specialized treatment in prisons
School prevention based on life skills.