University Faculty and Researchers’ Forum to Address Synthetic Drugs

The International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR) as a grantee of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) was asked to initiate engagement with university faculty and researchers regarding their views, input, and recommendations on solutions for the Global Synthetics Issue. The recommendations document  developed focus on the three areas of the Coalition Work Groups: (1) Production and Trafficking, (2) Data on emerging drug trends and patterns, and (3) Public Health Responses.

ICUDDR organized the following activities:

1. Regional Focus Groups (Jan-March 2024): Regional Focus groups were organized across the 6 regions of ICUDDR (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean, Middle East, United States and Canada). Each group discussed and developed recommendations. 

2. Report recommendations were provided to Host Government participants (April-June 2024): ICUDDR organized six meetings, within each region with selected university faculty and researchers and Government Officials to present to the governments the report developed from the focus groups with university recommendations.  

   Global Synthetics Listening Sessions for Governments - Recordings: 

   1. African Region
   2. Latin America and The Caribbean Region 
   3. Asia Pacific Region 
   4. US and Canada Region
   5. Europe Region 
   6. Middle East Region 
3. Final Report to INL and Website: The governments comments have been incorporated into a final report and  is posted here.

For more information contact: Ms. Verna Felipe at FelipeV [at] icuddr [dot] org (FelipeV[at]icuddr[dot]org)