The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP)

Drug policy reform is not only a national responsibility. Change also starts in cities - challenging punitive approaches, developing innovative, grassroots responses, and advancing policies grounded in health, human rights and evidence.
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The day in Brussels continued with meetings across European institutions and services on the ground.

Global Commissioners @HelenClarkNZ and Ruth Dreifuss, together with Michel @Kazatchkine (also member of the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy), met with the office of European Council President @eucopresident and senior Council officials to discuss drug policy within Europe’s wider political agenda.

While discussions with DG ENEST focused on drug policy in the context of EU enlargement, and the importance of ensuring that evidence, public health and human rights inform policy as countries move closer to the European Union.

The day concluded with a visit to Modus Fiesta @AsblModus seeing first-hand how harm reduction and drug checking are put into practice in Brussels.

From European institutions to services on the ground, effective drug policy needs to connect policy, evidence and lived realities.

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A valuable visit to DUNE ( dune-asbl.be// ) in Brussels today, seeing first-hand how low-threshold harm reduction, healthcare and social support can reach people who are too often left behind.

Effective drug policy starts with meeting people where they are - with dignity, care and without stigma.

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Visite très utile à DUNE ( dune-asbl.be// ) à Bruxelles aujourd’hui, pour voir concrètement comment la réduction des risques, les soins et l’accompagnement social à bas seuil permettent d’atteindre des personnes trop souvent laissées de côté.

Une politique des drogues efficace commence par aller vers les personnes là où elles se trouvent - avec dignité, attention et sans stigmatisation.

@HelenClarkNZ @Kazatchkine

Starting our Brussels visit with an important exchange with Belgium’s National Drugs Commissioner, @IneWymersch

Commissioners @HelenClarkNZ, Ruth Dreifuss and Michel @Kazatchkine discussed the challenges facing Belgium, and the need for drug policies that balance public health, human rights and responses to organised crime.

#DrugPolicy #Brussels

Continuing our Brussels visit with European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration @magnusbrunner.

Commissioners @HelenClarkNZ, Ruth Dreifuss and Michel @Kazatchkine discussed the future of EU drug policy and the importance of ensuring that responses to drug markets and organised crime are accompanied by evidence-based approaches grounded in public health and human rights.

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