5th LEAHN Consultation:
Law Enforcement, Drugs and Harm Reduction
Dates: Friday 18 and Saturday 19 October, 2019
Venue: Playfair Library Hall, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
The Law Enforcement and HIV Network regularly holds a Consultation together with the Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) Conferences. These Consultations bring together police, health agencies, NGOs and affected communities to discuss and address critical issues confronting people who use drugs and police and others working in the area. The Consultations produce outputs which are useful for education, advocacy and policy development on these issues, and are run under Chatham House Rules.
Previous Consultations have produced, inter alia:
- A Statement of Support by Police for Harm Reduction
- A Statement of Support by Police for Drug Policy Reform
- Guidelines for Police working with drug consumption rooms, with young drug users, and with stimulant users
- An advocacy video of the LEAHN Country Focal Points
The 5thLEAHN Consultation will address, among other topics:
- Pathways to decriminalization, and the police role
- Responses to opioid overdoses, including drug consumption rooms and naloxone availability
- Managing aggressive amphetamine-affected people
- The police role in the HIV response: International AIDS Society police brief
Cost for the two days is £35, to cover catering. You can register for the Consultation on the LEPH2019 homepage – there is plenty of room, but preference will be given to registered delegates at the LEPH2019 Conference, to local members of the affected communities and civil society organisations, and to members of law enforcement agencies.
Co-hosted by:
the Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health and the University of Edinburgh
Enquiries and more information: Nick Crofts nick.crofts@unimelb.edu.au
