· The history of illicit and licit amphetamine use and its place in society;
· The emergence of amphetamines in Central and Eastern Europe;
· The physical, psychological and psychiatric effects of amphetamines.
· The mechanisms of amphetamine in the brain;
· Harm Reduction and amphetamines;
· Working with sub-populations of amphetamine users;
· Treatment responses to problematic use;
· Assessing community needs and proper response
· Reaching amphetamine users and adapting existing services to their needs;
· Establishing an evidence-based programme for amphetamine users.

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The 5th ADRIATIC DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CONFERENCE

September 30-October 2, 2010

and the 7th SEEA (South Eastern European Adriatic Addiction Treatment Network)
SYMPOSIUM ON ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS; HOTEL METROPOL, OHRID, MACEDONIA;

When	2010-09-30 to 2010-10-02
Where	Ohrid, Macedonia
Contact Name	Andrej Kastelic, andrej.kastelic@guest.arnes.si
Contact Email	seea.net@gmail.com
Contact Phone	+ 386 1 542 1350, +385 41 683139

General information on www.seea.net.

Information for scientific programme: Andrej Kastelic (andrej.kastelic@guest.arnes.si, tel. + 386 1 5874 981 or mobile: +386 41 683139, fax: +386 1 5874990) and Liljana Ignjatova (lilei@sonet.com.mk; tel./fax +389 2 2782 269, or mobile+ 389 70 330 148)

All other information: seea.net@gmail.com.

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Urban Drug Policies in the Globalised World

30 Sep 2010 - 2 Oct 2010, Prague, Czech Republic


Discussions at the Conference will bring up burning questions and recent developments in the field of urban drug policy and related interventions. For more information, visit the conference website.

http://www.urbandrugpolicy.com/?utm_source=IDPC+Monthly+Alert&utm_campaign=67690b286b-IDPC_July_Alert7_28_2010&utm_medium=email

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10th International Colloquium of Human Rights

9 - 16 Oct 2010, São Paulo, Brazil


This Colloquium, organised by Conectas Human Rights, will focus on the following topic: "Regional and International Human Rights Systems: Challenges for Civil Society Participation”. For more information, visit the conference website.

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Recovery Conference

ADDICTION: THE CASE FOR RECOVERY IN A CHANGING WORLD

17th November 2010.

Venue: Congress Centre, Great Russell Street, London, United Kingdom

http://www.medineo.org/products/8-recovery-conference.aspx

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8th National Harm Reduction Conference

"Harm Reduction Beyond Borders"

November 18. - 21. 2010. Austin Texas

http://www.www.8thnationalharmreductionconference.com/

A Call for Abstracts on Anti–Stigma Work with Drug Users:

The Harm Reduction Coalition is committed to combating stigma against drug users.   We are interested in presenting information and interventions at the 8th National Harm Reduction Conference on anti-stigma work with drug users. 

Many of us do work that we don’t necessarily define as targeting stigma, but that is what we do in the creation of safe spaces, debunking drug use myths and stereotypes, and building services based on respect and harm reduction principles.

If you do any anti-stigma work with drug users, please submit an abstract to present at the 8th National Harm Reduction Conference. We're particularly interested in hearing about how stigma around drug use intersects with HIV and hepatitis C, research on the impact of stigma, addressing stigma through social marketing campaigns, and how stigma affects related groups such as sex workers and people with histories of incarceration. 

If the anti-stigma work you do is integrated into the overall culture of your organization, please submit an abstract explaining which specific aspects and characteristics of your organization facilitate an anti-stigma orientation.

• Principles of harm reduction: what defines harm reduction in your agency or in your advocacy?
• Harm reduction efforts in Latin@, African American and Native American communities
• Successful service program models including: urban and rural/non-urban settings, culturally specific services, cross-modalities, long-term sustainability, etc.
• User-to-user interventions, education, organizing and advocacy
• History: changing the dialogue around harm reduction and identifying future strategies
• Practical interventions for methamphetamine and crack cocaine users
• Community dynamics: the shifting roles of community based organizations, faith based groups and health departments in funding and public policy
• New research on drug use, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, syringe exchange and harm reduction
• Methadone and buprenorphine information and advocacy
• Spanish language workshops
• Social marketing: targeting drug users and communities with vital information
• Community impact of drug law incarcerations and prison issues for drug users and People Living with HIV/AIDS
• Improving drug treatment outcomes
• Harm Reduction Strategies in LGBTQ Programs
• Redefining the user: advocacy and programs that combat stigma and remove barriers that create harm
• How to start and maintain a syringe exchange program
• Mental health counseling
• Women and substance use
• Opiate overdose prevention and response
• Criminal justice involvement and its impact on communities of color
• Incorporating harm reduction practices in the coordination of mental health services

April 3-7, 2011.

Since 1990, these events have become the key forum for the dissemination of harm reduction ideas and practice, and have helped to put harm reduction on the map and to coordinate advances, innovations, evidence and advocacy in this field. Each year, delegates include frontline workers, researchers, policy makers, members of governments, officials from law enforcement agencies and the judiciary, criminal justice workers, UN officials, members of national and international NGO’s and members of international and national drug user organisations.

IHRA will be updating this section – eventually uploading photos, programmes, reviews and information from all of the previous conferences.

For each conference, we have uploaded as much available information from the conference as possible (such as conference booklets, ‘Rapporteur’ reports, photos and links). If you have any materials or photos from any of these events that you would like to share with us, please contact Annie Kuch.

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