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CICAD THIRTY-THIRD REGULAR SESSION
29 April – 2 May, 2003 Washington, DC
The Inter-American
Observatory on Drugs
OID/CICAD
James Mack, Coordinator
OID MISSION
To build a drug information
network with and for the
Americas to provide
objective, reliable, up-to-date
and comparative information.
So member states can
better understand -- and
design and implement
policies and programs to
confront -- the drug
phenomenon in all its
dimensions.
UNDERPINNINGS FOR THE MEM
a) Improving the collection and
analysis of drug-related data;
b) Promoting the establishment of
national drug observatories and the
use of standardized data systems
and methodologies; and
c) Providing scientific and technical
training for and the exchange of
experiences among professionals
working on the drug problem.
NEW INITIATIVES
• Launched OID help-desk
• Initiated electronic quarterly newsletter –
The Observer
• Published for the first time SIDUC student
drug use surveys,
• Begun executing Transnational Digital
Government project
• Significant progress made in Costs
project
• Assisted in the creation of new national
observatories
OID INFORMATION
SERVICES
Carmen Ortega, Information Specialist
THE OID WEBSITE
Purpose:
To provide a one-stop site for:
• Drug-related statistics
• Information
• Documentation
• Resources and tools
http://www.cicad.oas.org/oid
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS
The Institutions Database:
THE OID HELP-DESK
Welcome to the
OID Help-Desk
Available to respond to your questions
Monday-Friday from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm (EST)
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (202) 458-6800
Fax: (202) 458-3658
THE OBSERVER NEWS
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
VCATOD
http://www.atod.org
Human, Social and Economic
Costs of Drugs in the Americas
Marya Hynes, Project Coordinator
Activities since December 2002
 Established areas where costs
estimated, specific indicators, and
definitions
 Instruments to measure direct costs,
and began estimating direct costs to
governments
 Collecting data on hospital day costs
 Compiling attribution Fractions
Direct Govt.
Expenditures
on Prevention
Direct Gov.
Expenditures on Prevention
1200000
School
Programmes
B D S D ol l ar s
1000000
Community
800000
600000
Research
400000
Other Direct
Expenditures
200000
0
1996
1997
1998
Year
1999
2000
Activities Projected for April –
December 2003
 Application of attribution fractions
 Survey in prisons
 Validation of strength of statistical
measures
 Survey on drugs in the workplace
 Survey in hospitals
 Development of additional
surveillance techniques