No to Legalization and more focus on prevention strategies and programs in West Africa
The First West African Forum on Drugs took place in Lagos, Nigeria on July 8-10 and gathered över 60 participants from Nigeria and neibouring countries. The theme of the conference was “Mainstreaming Health and Child-Right Concerns in Substance Abuse Policy, Planning and Programming in West Africa”.
The invited speakers that presented on the theme came form civil society organizations, UNODC and governmental officials.
The conclusions form the Forum was presented in a communique. The communique expressed concern over the trends and efforts of some persons and organizations in the region to legalize som substances that are now classified as illegal for non-medical use. The Communique also highlighted the need to develop prevention strategies and programs in the region. The whole communique can be found here.
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