2009 Through the maze: healthy drug law, international drug policy symposium

A recording of each session is available. Go to the playlist on YouTube or start watching below.

Here is the programme outline with links to presentations:

Mihi Whakatau/Welcome

• Hon Peter Dunne, Associate Minister of Health: Opening address (PDF 40Kb)
• Hon Max Bradford, Chairperson, New Zealand Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence: Welcome speech (PDF .1Mb)
• Tim Harding, Chairperson, New Zealand Drug Foundation: Welcome address (PDF 50Kb)

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 (PDF .4Mb)
• 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 (PDF .1Mb)
• Dr Margaret Hamilton, Australian National Council on Drugs
  Reflections on emergence of public health approaches to drug policy (PDF 2Mb)

The right to health and treatment

• Steve Allsop, Director, National Drug Research Institute, Perth
  What can we learn from giving up? (PDF .3Mb)
• 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 (PDF .1Mb)

Special session on cannabis

• Presentation by the Beckley Foundation's Global Cannabis Commission, Professor Robin Room
  Cannabis policy: Moving beyond the stalemate (PDF 1.1Mb)
• Steve Allsop, Director, National Drug Research Institute, Perth
  Stirring the pot: Cannabis and rational policy (PDF .4Mb)
• Jeremy Sare, Former Head of Drug Legislation and Classification, Home Office, UK
  Stop making sense (PDF .2Mb)
• David Fergusson, Executive Director, Christchurch Health and Development Study
  Comments on global commission report (PDF .1Mb)

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 (PDF .8Mb)
• The Honourable Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge
  Drug law and the Youth Court (PDF .1Mb)

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