Source: www.abgeordnetenwatch.de
By Martin Steldinger
18.01.2011
Dear Mrs. Dyckmans,
TO CRIMINALISE COCA LEAF CONSUMPTION IS A RACIST ACT
25 January 2011
Encod will lodge a legal complaint against the European governments that will object against the Bolivian proposal to end the ban on coca consumption
OPEN LETTER TO THE CONFERENCE “URBAN DRUG POLICIES IN A GLOBALISED WORLD”
Open letter to the participants of the conference “Urban Drug Policies in the Globalised World Prague 2010“
Prague, 30 September 2010
Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues and friends,
OPEN LETTER TO NICHOLAS CAGE
Antwerpen, 13 September 2010
Dear Nicholas Cage,
Herewith I would like to gratulate you with your appointment as Goodwill Ambassador for Global Justice for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
LETTER TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
On 25 August 2010, the Los Angeles Times published an open editorial written by 6 former US drug czars referring to cannabis policies in the Netherlands
On 2 September 2010, ENCOD president Fredrick Polak sent the following open letter to the LA Times.
LET’S HELP UNODC TO MAKE A HEALTHY CHOICE
ACTION APPEAL OF THE EUROPEAN COALITION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES
A debate on harm reduction
During the last General Assembly, ENCOD decided to review the harm reduction policies and to elaborate a debate document with proposals on how more just and effective drug policies should be formulated. In order to fulfil that goal we are collecting information from all those organisations working in this area.
We will very grateful if you fill this questionnaire and send it to us before
March 15th.
With the responses we get we will elaborate a document that will be sent to you for comments.
Thanks a lot for your collaboration
Best regards
Virginia Montañés
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QUESTIONNAIRE
How would you define the concept of harm reduction in your association?
What were the reasons why your organisations started to work on harm
reduction interventions?
Have you ever received any training on harm reduction? What entity did give that capacitation? Where did you get the funds from?
What kind of harm reduction interventions your organisation is implementing? Please, differenciate according to substances, environments, age, sex, gender, etc.
What kind of interventions do you think should be implemented and are
not? Please, differentiate according to substances, environments, age, sex, gender, etc.
Why do you think they are not implemented?
How do you think the gender perspective should be applicated in the harm reduction policies?
In case you work with both kind of programmes, how do you manage the
combination of drug free programmes with harm reduction interventions?
What kind of harm reduction interventions are promoted in your country by the administration? Are they coherent with the policy on drugs that is carried out in your country?
Optional questions for those who already filled the questionnaire on Drugs and Diplomacy:
Do you have any communication with the administration that design and
implement the drug policies in your country? Is it formal or informal? Could
you describe it?
This communication, was an initiative from your organisation or did it come from the administration?
LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT
Antwerp, 19 May 2008
To the members of the Dutch Parliament
Dear ladies and gentlemen,