ENCOD
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The European NGO Council on Drugs (ENCOD) is a network of Europe
an non-governmental organisations and citizens concerned with the impact of current international drug
policies on the lives of the most affected sectors in North and South. Since 1994 they have been working to advocate more just and effective drugs control policies, which include an integrated solution for all problems related to the global drugs phenomenon.
ENCOD has three primary objectives:
ENCOD is implementing these objectives in three ways:
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an non-governmental organisations and citizens concerned with the impact of current international drug
Approved drug
In the United States, the FDA approves drugs. Before a drug can be prescribed, it must undergo an extensive FDA approval process. This process involves first testing the drug on animals or in medical labs. If found to be safe by the FDA and approved for the next phase of study, the drug is then...
policies on the lives of the most affected sectors in North and South. Since 1994 they have been working to advocate more just and effective drugs control policies, which include an integrated solution for all problems related to the global drugs phenomenon.
ENCOD has three primary objectives:
- To improve understanding of the causes and effects of the drugs trade;
- To contribute to the elaboration of just and effective drugs control policies;
- To bring about greater consistency between drugs control efforts and economic and social policies.
ENCOD is implementing these objectives in three ways:
- it facilitates coordination, information exchange and joint analysis between its members;
- it carries out joint information campaigns, aimed at the general public;
- it carries out joint advocacy activities, aimed at policy-makers and the media.
See also
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- Drug liberalizationDrug liberalizationDrug liberalization is the process of eliminating or reducing drug prohibition laws. Variations of drug liberalization include drug relegalization, drug legalization, and drug decriminalization -Policies:...
- Drug prohibition lawDrug prohibition lawDrug prohibition law is prohibition-based law by which governments prohibit, except under licence, the production, supply, and possession of many, but not all, substances which are recognised as drugs, and which corresponds to international treaty commitments in the Single Convention on Narcotic...
- DecriminalizationDecriminalizationDecriminalization or Decriminalisation is the abolition of criminal penalties in relation to certain acts, perhaps retroactively, though perhaps regulated permits or fines might still apply . The reverse process is criminalization.Decriminalization reflects changing social and moral views...
- Harm reductionHarm reductionHarm reduction refers to a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with recreational drug use and other high risk activities...
- LegalizationLegalizationLegalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is currently not legal.Legalization is a process often applied to what are regarded, by those working towards legalization, as victimless crimes, of which one example is the consumption of illegal drugs .Those...
- School district drug policiesSchool district drug policiesSchool district drug policies are measures that administrators of a school district put into place to discourage drug use by students.-Background:...
- Students for Sensible Drug PolicyStudents for Sensible Drug PolicyStudents for Sensible Drug Policy is an international non-profit advocacy and education organization based in Washington D.C., with offices in both Washington D.C. and San Francisco, CA...
- Transform Drug Policy FoundationTransform Drug Policy FoundationThe Transform Drug Policy Foundation is a registered non-profit charity based in the United Kingdom working in the field of drug policy and law reform. TDPF began as an independent campaign group called 'Transform, the campaign for a just and effective drug policy', and was set up in 1996 by its...
- War on drugsWar on DrugsThe War on Drugs is a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention being undertaken by the United States government, with the assistance of participating countries, intended to both define and reduce the illegal drug trade...