Tars
07-01-2010, 07:40 AM
From the International Centre For Science In Drug Policy (https://www.icsdp.org/):
An International Call for Evidence-Based Drug Policy
"Vienna, Austria – June 28th, 2010 marks the beginning of a global drive for signatories to the Vienna Declaration, a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. This drive is lead by the ICSDP (https://www.icsdp.org/), International AIDS Society (https://www.icsdp.org/whatyoucando/www.iasociety.org), and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (https://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/) to coincide with the International AIDS Conference (https://www.aids2010.org/) taking place in Vienna, Austria from 18 to 23 July 2010.
We are encouraging all our supporters and their affiliate organizations to endorse the declaration (https://www.viennadeclaration.com/the-declaration.html) and to invite friends, colleagues, scientists, health practitioners, policy-makers, and celebrities to also join the call (https://www.viennadeclaration.com/the-declaration.html).
Together we will bring these issues to the attention of governments and international agencies, and illustrate clearly that drug policy reform is a matter of urgent international significance.
Show your support for drug policy based on science, not ideology, visit www.viennadeclaration.com (https://www.viennadeclaration.com/) and sign the Declaration today. "
They even have a snazzy video/Powerpoint presentation (I turned the sound down, as it seemed to distract from the message):
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An International Call for Evidence-Based Drug Policy
"Vienna, Austria – June 28th, 2010 marks the beginning of a global drive for signatories to the Vienna Declaration, a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. This drive is lead by the ICSDP (https://www.icsdp.org/), International AIDS Society (https://www.icsdp.org/whatyoucando/www.iasociety.org), and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (https://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/) to coincide with the International AIDS Conference (https://www.aids2010.org/) taking place in Vienna, Austria from 18 to 23 July 2010.
We are encouraging all our supporters and their affiliate organizations to endorse the declaration (https://www.viennadeclaration.com/the-declaration.html) and to invite friends, colleagues, scientists, health practitioners, policy-makers, and celebrities to also join the call (https://www.viennadeclaration.com/the-declaration.html).
Together we will bring these issues to the attention of governments and international agencies, and illustrate clearly that drug policy reform is a matter of urgent international significance.
Show your support for drug policy based on science, not ideology, visit www.viennadeclaration.com (https://www.viennadeclaration.com/) and sign the Declaration today. "
They even have a snazzy video/Powerpoint presentation (I turned the sound down, as it seemed to distract from the message):
<object width="640" height="385">
<embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/91y9KqvVggY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></object>