(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The need for the development of evidence-based policies on drug treatment and care in the Caribbean Region was one of the main issues raised at the start of the regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers.
On behalf of the Government and people of Saint Lucia, I am pleased to welcome our regional delegates to this CARICOM – OAS – CICAD – EU supported Workshop. For the next four days, we extend to you the keys to the conference of the future as change agents to a new approach in combating drug abuse in our respective territories.
According to the Drug (Misuse) Act of 1988, the Ministry of Health, through the Substance Abuse Advisory Council Secretariat, is the focal point for the implementation of mechanisms for the control, prevention and use of drugs.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is seeking to establish minimum standards for care and treatment as well as services and facilities for substance abusers, even as it continues its drive to reduce the demand for, and use of illicit drugs.
To this end, the Secretariat has partnered with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to facilitate a regional training workshop, in Jamaica, on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers.
The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) of Jamaica hosted a meeting of Directors of Regional Drug Councils, 28-30 November 2005 at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, under the auspices of the CARICOM Secretariat.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean’s youth and adolescent have been identified as being most vulnerable to the growing problem of substance use and abuse.
Data put forward by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission, CICAD, reveal that the average age of “first-use” of drugs is approximately age ten and in many instances as low as age seven.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials responsible for human development will advance talks for the establishment of a Demand Reduction Programme for Drugs when they meet under the umbrella of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Guyana this week.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean’s youth and adolescent have been identified as being most vulnerable to the growing problem of substance use and abuse.
Data put forward by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission, CICAD, reveal that the average age of “first-use” of drugs is approximately age ten and in many instances as low as age seven.
It is widely acknowledged that any effective drug prevention program must have a strong youth focus as young people are among the most vulnerable to the allure of illicit substances. For this reason the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Caribbean regional field office is preparing to launch the United Nations Global Youth Network in the Caribbean in cooperation with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Barbados National Council on Substance Abuse (NCSA).
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking will be observed tomorrow 26 June 1999. Attached are Messages from the United Nations Secretary- General and the Executive Director, United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention.
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNITED NATIONS
ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG
ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING - 26 JUNE 1999
The Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Inter-Governmental Task Force on Drugs and Regional Ministers of National Security expressed concern at the high levels of illicit drugs remaining in the Caribbean out of the cargo being transhipped to external countries.