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The World Drug Problem
The illicit drug trade is a matter of
concern to millions of people in developed and developing countries as it
affects countries worldwide and especially the vulnerable and marginalized
groups of our societies.
According to the United Nations, some 180
million people worldwide, 4.2 per cent of people aged 15 and above, were
consuming drugs in the late 1990s.
The enormous money involved in the drugs
trade makes it the second largest industry in the world and leaves many
individualsto exploitation by criminals and criminal organisations,
thus threatening the health of men, women and children, the rule of law, and
ultimately, the very fabrics of democratic societies.
The HNN World Conference on drugs will be
an international forum to discuss the various aspects of the drug problem and
what should, and could, be done to curb the problem.
Leading experts will give presentations
and participate in discussions to shed light on drug-political strategies, organised
crime, narco-terrorism, the movement to legalise drugs, hidden agendas and
the latest research on drugs
Conference language: English
Conference themes
- Threats to Democracy –
Narco-terrorism, money laundering and corruption
- Harm Reduction or Harm Production – On needle exchange, injecting rooms, ‘medicinal’ marijuana
and distribution of heroin
- Drugs and the Media – On
investigative journalism, propaganda machinery and hidden agendas,
including a workshop on ‘How to get your message on the media and
ensure viewers, listeners and readers take the action you want’
- Role Models or Bad Examples –
Drug policy in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the
United States
- More Drugs to the Children? – On
prescription of drugs to children
- Care and Treatment for Young People – Study visit to Hassela Gotland – a large treatment centre
for young people (for those interested, there are possibilities for an
extended stay at Hassela Gotland after the conference
Speakers
The HNN World Conference will bed
in the presence of HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and the County
Governor of Gotland, Mrs Lillemor Arvidsson
- Mr Lars Engqvist – Swedish
Minister for Health and Social Affairs
- Mr Thomas Bodström – Swedish
Minister of Justice
- Mr Ronald K. Noble – Secretary
General of Interpol, Lyon, France
- Mr Leoluca Orlando – Former Mayor
of Palermo, Sicily and well-known for his fight against the Mafia
- Mr Keith Hellawell – UK
Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator
- Mr Jim Orr – Director of the
Scottish Drug Enforcem- ent Agency
- Sir Jack Stewart Clark – Member
of the Bureau and Management Board of the EMCDDA, Lisbon, Portugal,
Trustee Director of the Mentor Foundation, and former MEP
- Mr Robert B. Charles – Advisor to
the U.S. Congress on drugs policy
- Mr Pierre Pradier – Special
Advisor for International Operations of the French Red Cross, and former
MEP
- Mr Brian Watters – Chairman of
the Australian National Council on Drugs
- Mrs Anneli Hulthén – Chairperson
of the Swedish Government´s Narcotic Commission and MEP
- Mr Larry Collins, United Kingdom
and France – Investigative journalist and author
- Mr John K Cooley, Greece –
Investigative journalist and author
- Mr Jean-Philippe Chenaux – Journalist, Switzerland
- Mr Wade West – President of the
MediaPower Group, USA
- Professor Bertha Madras – Harvard University, USA
- Associate Professor Eva Kärfve –
University of Lund, Sweden
- Mr Jakob Lindberg – Former Deputy
Director of the Swedish National Institute of Health
- Dr Eric Voth – Chairman of the
Institute on Global Drug Policy, USA
- Mr André Rouvoet – Member of the
Dutch Parliament
- Mr Eduard Lintner – Member of the
Federal German Parliament and former German drug czar
- Mr Peter Stoker – National Drug
Prevention Alliance, United Kingdom
- Mr Widar Andersson – Chairman of
the Swedish Government´s Commission on homelessness and Member of the
Swedish Government´s Narcotic Commission
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