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CICAD
Public/Private Partnerships to address
Hemispheric Drug Challenges
AACLA Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Ambassador Paul E. Simons
Executive Secretary
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
CICAD
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
Mission: To enhance
the human and
institutional capacities
of 34 member states to
reduce the production,
trafficking and abuse
of drugs in the
Americas
CICAD
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
Three Areas of Focus:
• Policy Analysis
• Multilateral Evaluation
• Technical Cooperation
Regional Drug Flows
• Colombia cocaine – north
through Central America and
Mexico; east through
Caribbean to Europe
• Peru/Bolivia cocaine – via
Southern Cone to Africa and
Europe
• Heroin -- Mexico supplants
Colombia
• Growth of synthetic
drugs/chemical precursors
2011
Regional Drug Use
• Drugs/public security issues rival economy as
top political challenge
• Throughout hemisphere: youth drug/alcohol
consumption a major public health/public
safety concern
• Smokable cocaine -- crack/paco/pasta base -growing problem in the Southern Cone
• Next challenge: Synthetic drugs/abuse of
pharmaceuticals
CICAD
Leadership in Hemispheric Drug Policy
• Draft model laws and
regulations
• Establish drug information
systems
• Develop national drug
strategies and plans
CICAD
Leadership in Multilateral Evaluation
• Peer reviews yielded 350
recommendations for
improved drug control in
34 member states.
•Member states “race to
the top” to meet
commitments on 50
separate performance
indicators
CICAD : Reducing Drug Supply
Improved Regulation and
Law Enforcement
•Enhanced maritime
interdiction
•Tightened control over
chemical precursors
•Reduced diversion of
prescription drugs
Counterdrug
intelligence school
in Bogota (1,500
officers trained since
1999)
CICAD: Reducing Drug supply
Money Laundering Control
•Mock trials and
investigations
• Financial intelligence
units
•Management of assets
seized & forfeited from
traffickers
CICAD: Reducing Drug Demand
Prevention, Treatment & Reintegration
•Prevention/educational
guidelines and initiatives
•Training and certifying
drug treatment
counselors
•Promoting drug treatment
courts as alternative to
incarceration
Opportunities for Private Sector
• Assessment: Public/private partnership to support
research on drug use patterns and attitudes in
schools and in the workplace.
• Program Development: Public/private partnership
to develop and implement innovative drug
education/prevention efforts in the workplace.
• Implementation: Incorporate drug/wellness
programs into corporate human resources and
corporate social responsibility programs.
CICAD Executive Secretariat: Who We Are
• 40 top-notch professionals drawn from across the
drug control spectrum: statisticians, public
health professionals, lawyers, social workers,
pharmacists, prosecutors, political scientists and
economists.
• Multinational, multilingual staff drawn from 13
countries, united in passion and commitment to
public service.
Ambassador Paul E. Simons
Executive Secretary
[email protected]
www.CICAD.OAS.org
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006, USA
Tel: +1 (202) 458-3178 ~ Fax: +1(202)458-3658