The Drug Challenge in a Danish and International Perspective

The Drug Challenge in a Danish and International Perspective

How can governments, businesses and NGO’s address the issue?

All over the world, heads of state and civil society are focusing their efforts on reforming international drug policies. In April 2016 the first drug policy summit will be held by the United Nations (UNGASS).

As part of the preparations for the summit Ruth Dreifuss (former President of Switzerland) and Thorvald Stoltenberg (former Foreign Minister to Norway and High Commissioner on Refugees) will visit Denmark to meet with organisations and politicians. On May 26 the CBS Public-Private Platform and CBS Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy welcome Dreifuss and Stoltenberg - who are now commissioners in the Global Commission on Drug Policy – for a debate meeting at CBS. The aim is to discuss how governments, businesses and NGO’s can address the issue of drug challenges on a local and global scale as well as to learn more about the Danish experiences on the matter.

Program:
13.00: Welcome by Mitchell Dean and Eric Allouche
13.15: The Drug Challenge by Ruth Dreifuss og Thorvald Stoltenberg, Global Commission on Drug Policy
14.30: Break
15.00: The Danish Perspective:
Peter Ege (Former Social Physician to Copenhagen), Mitchell Dean (Member of the Pubilc-Private Platform and Professor at Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, CBS), Lars Petersen (Chef Consultant, Ministry of Health), Laura Kirch Kirkegaard  (AIDS-Foundation and UNAIDS), Nanna  W. Gotfredsen (Lawyer and co-founder of Gadejuristen)
16.00: Thank you for today

Everybody is welcome to join the free debate meeting. Please forward this invitation to colleagues and network and sign up here

For more information on the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the coming UNGASS summit, Please visit The Global Commission on drugs website.