Inter-American Drug Abuse Control
Commission (CICAD)
EXPERT GROUP ON DEMAND REDUCTION
October 22-24, 2003 - Argentina
Organization of American
States (OAS)
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
CICAD – Member
Countries
Antigua & Barbuda
Haiti
Argentina
Honduras
Bahamas
Jamaica
Barbados
Mexico
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
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
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)
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.
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.
CICAD – Demand
Reduction I
1. Online Master’s 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
CICAD – Demand
Reduction II
7. Regional Strategy for Demand Reduction in the Caribbean
8. Minimum standards of care for treatment of drug abuse
9. Gangs, violence and drugs
10. Program of antidrug interventions for street children and
working minors
11. Certificate in addiction studies at the University of the
West Indies (UWI)
www.unireddrogas.org
RECOMMENDATIONS 4th EXPERT GROUP
MEETING – JAMAICA, AUGUST 2001
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Allocation of R&D 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
R&D.
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
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Specialized treatment in prisons
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School prevention based on life skills.