Mike Trace is currently the Co-Director of the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme and Chief Executive at RAPT (Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust), one of the UK’s foremost providers of drug addiction treatment.
Drug Policy and Law
Ethan Nadelmann – to protect the kids?
Ethan Nadelmann is the executive director of the largest drug policy reform organization in the U.S., the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org ). Earlier he was a professor at the Princeton University.
Mauro Guarinieri – connect drug users to society
Mauro is a well-known Italian AIDS activist who previously worked as a chair of GNP+, an advocate group, and recently works for the International Harm Reduction Development Program of the Open Society Institute.
Anya Sarang – a lesson to learn
Anya Sarang is a founding member of the Russian Harm Reduction Network – an organization promoting harm reduction in the Russian Federation..
Bijan Nassirimanesh – not to judge people
Dr. Bijan Nassirimanesh is a medical doctor, one of the founders of Persepolis, the first NGO providing needle exchange service in Iran.
Allan Clear – what is harm reduction?
Allan Clear is the executive director of the New York based Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC, www.harmreduction.org).
Bijay Pandey – users and media
Bijay Pandey is a drug user activist from Nepal, a member of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD, www.inpud.org) his group operates a syringe exchange program which is not officially supported by the government. He emphasizes the importance of media advocacy for user groups.
Milena Naydenova – myths vs. information
Milena Naydenova is an active drug user, founding member of a user group in Bulgaria and a member of the Internal Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), www.inpud.org
Stijn Goossens – What is INPUD?
Stijn is the head of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD), more info: www.inpud.org
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch at the DPA conference
Presentation at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, New Orleans, December 6, 2007.
