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European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies

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ENCOD (European coalition for just and effective drug policies)
AbbreviationENCOD
Formation1994
TypeNGO
PurposeDrugs and drug policy reform in Europe.
HeadquartersAntwerp, Belgium
Region served
Europe
Steering Committee
Rotating yearly
Main organ
ENCOD monthly bulletin
Websiteencod.org

The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD), originally European NGO Council On Drugs and development,[1] is a network of European non-governmental organisations and citizens[2] concerned with the impact of current international drug policies on the lives of the most affected sectors in Europe and the Global South. Since 1994 they have been working to advocate more just and effective drugs control policies, which include an integrated solution for all problems related to the global drugs phenomenon.

History

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ENCOD was set up in 1993 thanks to the support of the European Commission, as an NGO counterpart to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction. However, the Management Board of the EMCDDA later decided to ignore any NGO involvement in the work of the EMCDDA.[3]

In 1998 a Manifesto for just and effective drug policies Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine was redacted by 14 NGOs from Europe, Africa and South America, then signed by hundreds of organizations, companies, political parties, and citizens.[4]

ENCOD is a self-financed and independent network,[5] legally based in Belgium, and is steered by a Committee composed citizens from different EU countries (5 people after the 2013 General assembly[6]).

Mission

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The organization declares three primary objectives:

  • To improve understanding of the causes and effects of the drugs trade,[7]
  • To contribute to the elaboration of just and effective drugs control policies,
  • To bring about greater consistency between drugs control efforts and economic and social policies.

ENCOD is implementing these objectives in three ways:

  • it facilitates coordination, information exchange and joint analysis between its members,
  • it carries out joint information campaigns, aimed at the general public,
  • it carries out joint advocacy activities, aimed at policy-makers and the media.

Activities

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Advising and organizational activities

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Public campaigns

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Colombia Support Network: Human Rights for Colombia".
  2. ^ http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_166248_EN_web_INSIGHTS_CANNABIS.pdf Archived 23 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine EMCDDA monographs #10, pages 74 to 75 and page 249
  3. ^ Price, Stephanie (22 September 2020). "Working towards fair, humanised policy on drugs with ENCOD". Health Europa. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ^ "COALITION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES - Encod.org". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. ^ "What is ENCOD ?". What is ENCOD. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  6. ^ European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
  7. ^ http://www.encod.org/info/IMG/pdf/VIRGINIA_MONTANES.pdf Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Examples: 2008 analysis "UN, plants, and the history of announced murders"
  8. ^ http://www.chanvre-info.ch/info/IMG/PROG129.pdf European alternatives in drug policies, European Parliament, Brussels, 6–7 November 2006
  9. ^ http://www.encod.org/info/local/cache-vignettes/L459xH643/frente_frances_baja-e1c95.jpg Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Poster of the Vienna Meeting (2008)
  10. ^ http://derstandard.at/3256042?sap=2&_pid=8911156 in German, article in "Der Standard"
  11. ^ http://cba.fro.at/9038 Press conference (audio file) the 7th of marche, 2008.
  12. ^ http://www.chanvre-info.ch/info/IMG/PROG129.pdf Vienna meeting Program
  13. ^ http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/topics/pods/legal-supply-of-cannabis#panel4 ENCOD Cannabis social clubs, on EMCDDA website.
  14. ^ http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2013/10/cannabis-legalized-morocco-parliament.html Interactions between ENCOD and the Moroccan parliament, 2013
  15. ^ http://www.parlamento.euskadi.net/pdfs_batzorde/133.pdf Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Interactions between ENCOD and the Euskadi parliament (Spain), 2009
  16. ^ "We need real change and we need it now - Encod.org". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  17. ^ http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_53353_EN_Cannabis-Vol-1-FINAL.pdf Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine EMCDDA monograph #8, page 88
  18. ^ Oomen, Joep (9 January 2016). "Letter to Mrs. Elly Schlein, Member of the European Parliament". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  19. ^ "COCA 2009: DEBATE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - Encod.org". 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  20. ^ "CODE OF CONDUCT FOR EUROPEAN CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUBS - Encod.org". Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  21. ^ "MANIFEST FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY DRUG POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION - Encod.org". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
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