The importance of drug observatories in the fight against the illegal drug situation was reiterated throughout the Opening Ceremony of the Regional Seminar for National Drug Observatories in the Caribbean on 4 April, 2018, at the Ramada Princess Hotel, in Georgetown, Guyana.
Making the case for evidence-based, data-driven policies and practices, and international cooperation to address the illegal drug situation, feature speaker, Guyana Minister for Public Security, Hon. Khemraj Ramjattan told the gathering of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) practitioners, policy-makers and researchers in the field -
“If there is one thing that I would like to see coming out of this seminar is your emphasis on evidence-based, data-driven policies and practices ….It is … going to reduce the damning situation in drugs and all related crimes and illegalities”.
- (2019/02/05) - CARIFORUM Capacity Building Intervention starts: Youth investment, policies and prevention programmes, partnerships emphasised - Read more ...
- (2019/02/04) - CARIFORUM Regional Adolescent Training Workshops opens: Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation critical to advance economic development - Read more ...
- (2019/01/31) - One step closer to new framework for dialogue among CARIFORUM, FCORs, OCTs - Read more ...
- (2019/01/23) - CARICOM draft Model School Drug Policy to be developed Workshop opens in Saint Lucia - Read more ...
- (2019/01/15) - Youth must be equal partners – CARICOM SG - Read more ...
