Presentations

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Mihi Whakatau/Welcome

Roundtable: Setting the scene

  • Sandeep Chawla, Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  • Mike Trace, Chairperson, International Drug Policy Consortium
  • Warren Young, Deputy President, New Zealand Law Commission
    The challenges of reviewing drug laws [presentation, PDF]
  • Rob Pope, Deputy Commissioner, New Zealand Police

Public health approaches to drug control

  • Scott Burris, Professor of Law, Temple Law School
    Where do we go from here? A constitution for drug control [presentation, PDF | essay]
  • Dr Margaret Hamilton, Australian National Council on Drugs
    Reflections on emergence of public health approaches to drug policy [presentation, PDF]

The right to health and treatment

  • Steve Allsop, Director, National Drug Research Institute, Perth
    What can we learn from giving up? [presentation, PDF]
  • Tony Trimingham, Family Drug Support, Australia
  • Matthew Bird, New Zealand Drug Foundation
  • Lynette Hutson, National Manager, Addiction and Supportive Accommodation Services, Salvation Army
    Rights, responsibilities, costs and benefits [presentation, PDF]

Special session on cannabis

  • Presentation by the Beckley Foundation's Global Cannabis Commission, Professor Robin Room
    Cannabis policy: Moving beyond the stalemate [presentation, PDF]
  • Steve Allsop, Director, National Drug Research Institute, Perth
    Stirring the pot: Cannabis and rational policy [presentation, PDF]
  • Jeremy Sare, Former Head of Drug Legislation and Classification, Home Office, UK
    Stop making sense [presentation, PDF | essay]
  • David Fergusson, Executive Director, Christchurch Health and Development Study Comments on global commission report [presentation, PDF]

Drug law, health inequalities and discrimination

  • Deborah Peterson Small, Executive Director, Break the Chains
  • Denis O'Reilly, Community Action on Youth and Drugs, Mokai Whānau Ora
    Addressing law, health, and discrimination through front line community action [presentation, PDF]
  • The Honourable Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge
    Drug law and the Youth Court [essay]

Balancing public health and public security

  • Gino Vumbaca, Executive Officer, Australian National Council on Drugs
  • Greg O'Connor, President, New Zealand Police Association
  • Mike Trace, Chairperson, International Drug Policy Consortium