Communication

Interviews

  • "The promotion and strengthening of cooperation mechanisms within the framework of the COPOLAD programme have enabled Guatemala to strengthen programmes and plans on drugs and addictions with full observance of Human Rights"

    Published on 10/05/18

    From Guatemala, the Executive Secretary for the Commission Against Addictions and Illicit Drug Trafficking (SECCATID), explains the progress and challenges that his country faces when it comes to building a sustainable and evidence-based strategy in the field of drugs policies.

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  • "COPOLAD is assisting Jamaica and other Caribbean countries in building the blocks that are necessary for solid policymaking"

    Published on 10/05/18

    Dr. Michael Tucker, Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA in Jamaica talks about the developments made in his country and shares his reflections on the benefits of the regional cooperation and the participation of his country in COPOLAD.

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  • "Women have their own characteristics in which it is necessary to think when public policy on drugs is developed"

    Published on 15/01/18

    The Technical Secretariat for Comprehensive Prevention on Drugs of Ecuador, Ledy Zúñiga Rocha, analyse, among other topics, the recently announced National Plan for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of the socio-economic phenomenon of Drugs 2017-2021.

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  • "The discussion between researchers and decision makers enhance evidence-based strategies to tackle drug-related violence, which are likely to be more effective"

    Published on 15/01/18

    Dr. Chaswell A. Hanna, Director of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (NADS) receive us to talk about the prevention of the violence, education in The Bahamas and the importance of the international cooperation to deal with the challenges facing by the region in the field of drugs policy.

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  • "Reliable data provided by a Monitoring Centre would helps us to take political decisions"

    Published on 18/09/17

    We explore with the Lieutenant Colonel Danielle Reana Karin Veira, Head of the Directorate of National Security in Suriname, the advances and challenges at the Nationale Anti-Drug Raad (NAR), linked to the data collection and the prevention and harm reduction policies adopted, also the role of Suriname in both the regional and the international context in the field of drugs policies.

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