Drugs and Development Hub Regional Conversation
Description
The Drugs and Development Hub is an initiative that brings together researchers, academics, policymakers and people affected by drug economies to discuss new approaches to drug policy. The ultimate goal is to shift mindsets towards more socially conscious and public-health oriented approach.
This is the second episode covering the DDH. In this podcast Lindy sits down with a range of regional experts to discuss the issues.
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Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers:
Deborah Alimi, Independent Researcher on Drug Policy at Sorbonne University;
Chinwike Okerere, the Founder and CEO of the African Law Foundation in Nigeria
Maria-Goretti Ane, International Drug Policy Consortium in Accra, Ghana.
Monique Marks, the Head of the Urban Futures Centre at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa.
Additional Reading:
A Synthetic Age: The Evolution of Methamphetamine Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa
A Shallow Flood: The Diffusion of Heroin in Eastern and Southern Africa
A rising tide: Trends in production, trafficking and consumption of drugs in North Africa
West Africa's Cocaine Corridor: Building a subregional response
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