International

The United Nations released a report Tuesday documenting a significant expansion of illicit drug manufacturing, trafficking and use in East and Southeast Asia, according to the Voice of America.

Community Coalitions that CADCA trained and helped form are expanding throughout all of Latin America, especially in Portuguese-speaking Brazil, and officials in both Brazil and the United States are taking notice.

This week, the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) released the National Drug Threat Assessment 2011 detailing drug trafficking and abuse trends within the United States.

Learn more about how to better engage and mobilize your community to reduce its substance abuse problems using the “Knock and Talk” strategy, the third podcast in a new series developed by CADCA’s International Programs.

Learn more about how to better engage and mobilize your community to reduce its substance abuse problems in “Community Mobilization,” the second podcast in a new series developed by CADCA’s International Programs.

Faces & Voices of Recovery launched the International Recovery Resources Guide, an online resource to foster the development of networks of support between recovery community organizations and allies in the United States and abroad. The site launch features an interview with Congress60 founder Hossein Dezhakam of the Republic of Iraq.

In an effort to provide multimedia resources for community coalitions around the world, this week CADCA launched its first foreign language podcast series.

Last week, CADCA took part in a critical dialogue about finding a comprehensive and integrated approach to reducing drug demand, supply and trafficking at the 54th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria. The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which is composed of fifty-three member states (or countries), is the principal policy-making body within the UN system on drug control issues.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week that alcohol is to blame for just about 4 percent of, or 2.5 million deaths, worldwide annually. AIDS was a close second with 2.1 million deaths in 2009.

While accounts of smuggling across the U.S.-Mexican border and organized cartels and street gangs may be no more than news headlines to some people, substance abuse and substance abuse-related violence remain a harsh reality for many communities along the southern border regions of the United States. To help provide community coalitions and health service providers with the tools they need to address these problems, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will partner with CADCA and the Mexican government to provide two collaborative, cross-border trainings to this region.

In an effort to combat the growing problem of drug abuse and addiction around the world, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA -45) and Congressman Patrick Kennedy (RI-01) today introduced H.Res.1451, a bipartisan resolution praising the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.