Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)

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Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
(CICAD) EXPERT GROUP ON DEMAND REDUCTION October
22-24, 2003 - Argentina
Organization of American States (OAS)
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CICAD

• Established by the OAS General Assembly in 1986,
  following the recommendation of the Rio de
  Janeiro Inter-American Action Program.
• The governments of all 34 member countries
  appoint a senior representative to the
  Commission.
• CICAD Executive Secretariat, at OAS headquarters.
• CICAD meets to hold its ordinary session periods
  twice a year

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CICAD Member Countries
Antigua Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados
Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile
Colombia Costa Rica Dominica Ecuador El
Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana
Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panamá
Paraguay Peru Dominican Republic St.Kitts and
Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines 
Surinam Trinidad and Tobago United
States Uruguay Venezuela
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CICAD - Objectives

• To promote regional cooperation and coordination
  between all 34 member countries through Action
  Programs to
• Prevent and treat illegal drug use
• Reduce drug offer and illegal trafficking
• Strengthen national institutions and mechanisms
  for drug abuse control
• Improve the legal and control system for illegal
  trafficking in weapons and laundering of assets.
• Encourage alternative development in legal crop
  areas
• Help member country governments with data
  collection and review in connection with the drug
  problem

ANTIDRUG STRATEGY IN THE HEMISPHERE (1997)
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CICAD MultilateralEvaluation Mechanism (MEM)

• Main activities
• Evaluation of Member States
• Hemispheric Evaluation
• Objectives
• To strengthen mutual trust, dialogue and
  hemispheric cooperation to deal with drug problem
  issues.
• To follow up the progress of individual and
  collective efforts undertaken by all countries
  participating in the mechanism, stating both the
  results achieved and the obstacles faced by
  countries.

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CICAD Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM)

• MEM reports are prepared every two years after a
  full evaluation period based on answers to a
  questionnaire based on established indicators. A
  report on the follow-up or implementation of
  established recommendations is prepared between
  evaluation periods.
• MEM PROCESS PRINCIPLES
• Respect for sovereignty, territorial jurisdiction
  and the domestic legal framework of each State.
• Reciprocity, shared responsibility, comprehensive
  and balanced approach to the issue.
• Observance of Antidrug Strategy in the Hemisphere
  and applicable international agreements and
  instruments.

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CICAD Demand Reduction I

1. Online Masters Program in Drug Dependence
2. Latin America Nursing Schools Projecterica
3. Stenghtening Public Health Schools
4. RIOD (Ibero-American Network of NGOs)
5. Treatment and Prevention in the Caribbean
6. Alternatives to imprisonment in the Caribbean

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CICAD Demand Reduction II

• Regional Strategy for Demand Reduction in the
  Caribbean
• Minimum standards of care for treatment of drug
  abuse
• Gangs, violence and drugs
• Program of antidrug interventions for street
  children and working minors
• Certificate in addiction studies at the
  University of the West Indies (UWI)

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www.unireddrogas.org
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RECOMMENDATIONS 4th EXPERT GROUP MEETING
JAMAICA, AUGUST 2001

• Allocation of RD Resources training, research,
  treatment standards.
• Greater attention to alcohol abuse and synthesis
  drug problems.
• Improving service quality
• Establishing a National Treatment System
• Inventory of Programs and Treatment Services.

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• Training of professionals specializing in RD.
• Including the topic of drugs in the curriculum of
  related professions
• Training of TC operators
• Including the topic of alcohol abuse and tobacco
  in preventive programs.
• Training to approach the problem of gangs.

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• Alternative sentencing, other than imprisonment
  of drug dependents
• Specialized treatment in prisons
• School prevention based on life skills.