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The Inter-American Observatory on Drugs, commonly known by its Spanish language acronym, OID, is CICAD's research unit, providing support to OAS member states in the collection and analysis of data on the drug problem so that they can design more effective national drug policies.

Lines of Action

• Prepares and publishes reports on drug use in the Americas and supports national surveys and publications.

• Develops and disseminates standardized protocols for the collection of data and the implementation of drug related studies.

• Promotes strong national drug observatories that use standardized data collection methods.

• Supports the establishment of drug information networks and early warning systems to improve drug-related data collection, analysis, and dissemination.

2021 events

Launch event: Project to Strengthen the Mexican Observatory on Drugs -  December 1, 2021, 10 am (D.C. time)

Agenda

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• Presentation by Juan Carlos Araneda, Project Specialist, OID, CICAD.
• Presentation by Nadia Robles, Mexican Observatory on Drugs.

The latest information on the opioid crisis and new responses - November 10, 2021

Agenda

• Presentation by Sabrina Levissianos, Associate Drug Control Officer, SMART, UNODC
• Presentation by Stefanie Schmatz, Associate Drug Control and Crime Prevention Officer, LSS, UNODC
• Presentation by Luc Chicoine, NCO i/c National Drug Program, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Presentation by Juan Carlos Araneda, Project Specialist, OID, CICAD.

Evaluation: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/CT6P36N

Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Drug Supply Indicators - September 30, 2021

• Presentation "Drug Supply Trends" by Bryce Pardo, PhD.
• Presentation "Preliminary Results of the Quantitative Data Analysis" by Daniela Chiriboga, Consultant at OID/CICAD
• Presentation "Publication Timeline and Future Data Collection" by Pernell Clarke, Specialist, OID/CICAD
• Presentation "Drug Supply Indicators: Qualitative Interviews" by Tiffany Barry, Consultant at OID/CICAD

Epidemiology of Substance Use by Adolescents in Puerto Rico.

• Presentation by Juan Carlos Reyes, University of Puerto Rico.

Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Drug Supply Indicators - June 3, 2021

• Watch recording here.

Emerging Drugs and Early Warning Systems in Latin America - 10 a.m., May 26, 2021.

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• Agenda
• Presentation "The importance of laboratories for the detection and analysis of emerging drugs" by Joao Rodrigues, Chemical Expert, UNODC. (Spanish only).
• Presentation "Traingin tools on EWS" by Graciela Ahumada, Consultant of the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID/CICAD). (Spanish only).

Emerging Drugs and Early Warning Systems in Central America - 10 a.m., April 28, 2021.

• Agenda
• Presentation "Global overview on NPS, synthetic opioids and emerging issues" by Luis Ruiz, Global SMART Programme, UNODC (only in Spanish).
• Presentation "Forensic information and EWS" by Joao Rodrigues, Chemical Expert, UNODC.
• Presentation "Emerging drugs and EWS" by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID.
• Presentation "Traingin tools on EWS" by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID.
• Link to join: https://live.kudoway.com/ad/220113683782

Emerging Drugs and Early Warning Systems in Paraguay - 10 a.m., March 24, 2021.

• Agenda
• Agenda
• Presentation "Global overview on NPS, synthetic opioids and emerging issues" by Luis Ruiz, Global SMART Programme, UNODC.
• Presentation "Forensic information and EWS" by Joao Rodrigues, Chemical Expert, UNODC.
• Presentation "Emerging drugs and EWS" by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID.
• Presentation "Traingin tools on EWS" by Graciela Ahumada, Consultant of the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID/CICAD).

Emerging Drugs and Early Warning Systems in Dominican Republic - 10 a.m., February 24, 2021.

• Agenda
• Presentation "Global overview on NPS, synthetic opioids and emerging issues" by Luis Ruiz, Global SMART Programme, UNODC.
• Presentation "Forensic information and EWS" by Joao Rodrigues, Chemical Expert, UNODC.
• Presentation "Emerging drugs and EWS" by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID.
• Presentation "Traingin tools on EWS" by Graciela Ahumada, Consultant of the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID/CICAD).

2020 events

Early Warning Systems in Brazil - December 2, 2020.

• Watch recording here.
• Agenda.
• Presentation "Global overview on NPS, synthetic opioids and emerging issues" by Martin Raithelhuber, Head of the Global SMART Programme, UNODC.
• Presentation "Forensic information and EWS" by Joao Rodrigues, Chemical Expert, UNODC
• Presentation "Emerging drugs and EWS" by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID.
• Presentation "Traingin tools on EWS" by Graciela Ahumada, Consultant of the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID/CICAD).

Roundtable on Early Warning Systems - 10 a.m., December 1, 2020.

• Agenda.

Webinar "Wastewater Analysis and Drugs"- October 28, 2020.

• Watch recording here.
• Agenda.

• Presentation "Overview from an epidemiological standpoint about wastewater analysis and drugs" by Caleb Banta-Green, Principal Research Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, USA.
• Presentation "Wastewater analysis and drugs: a European multi-city study" by Joao Matias, Scientific Analyst on drug use, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
• Presentation "Monitoring the monthly consumption of illicit drugs of 8.4 million people by LC-MS: is that possible?" by Viviane Yargeau, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Canada.
• Presentation "Study in the effluents of electronic parties to detect synthetic drugs and new psychoactive substances" by Eleuterio Umpiérrez, Professor, School of Chemistry,  University of the Republic (UdelaR), Uruguay.

 Webinar "Introduction to Training Tools on Early Warning Systems"- September 16, 2020.

• Watch recording here.
• Agenda.

• Presentation "Introduction to Training Tools on Early Warning Systems" by Graciela Ahumada, Consultant of the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID/CICAD).

Webinar "Opioids in the Americas: how to identify and respond to emerging epidemics" - July 22, 2020.

• Watch recording here.
• Agenda.
• Presentation "Global overview on opioids in the field of health" by Martin Raithelhuber, Head of the Global SMART Programme, UNODC.
• Presentation "Substance use in Canada: updates on the opioid crisis and emerging substance use trends" by Bridget Maloney-Hall, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.
• Presentation "The opioid problem in some Latin American countries" by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID. Note: it is said during the presentation that the treatment of choice is "therapy with opioid substitutes". This should have been "therapy with opioid antagonists".
• COVID-19 fact sheet from the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), referenced on remarks by Cecelia McNamara Spitznas, Senior Science Policy Advisor, ONDCP.

Webinar "Considerations for Drug Research and COVID-19" - July 8, 2020. 

• Watch recording here.
• Agenda.
• Presentation on Preliminary Results of the COVID-19 and Drugs Survey by Pernell Clarke, Specialist, CICAD/OID.
• Remarks on drug prevention and treatment in the context of COVID-19 by Jimena Kalawski, Chief, CICAD/DRU (Spanish only).
• Presentation on The Impact of COVID-19 on Legal and Illegal Substance Use by Dr. Matthew Young and Dr. Catherine Paradis, Senior Research and Policy Analysts, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.
• Presentation on Drugs During Confinement: a Look at Different Sources of Information by Jorge Villatoro, Coordinator, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz.

Webinar "Operation of a National Early Warning System" - July 1, 2020.

• Watch recording here.
• Agenda.
• Presentation on operation of an EWS by Leticia Keuroglian, Sociologist, Uruguayan Observatory on Drugs (Spanish only).
• Presentation on how to deliver alerts to the EWS by Jenny Fagua Duarte, Strategic Analysis Deputy Director, Colombian Observatory on Drugs (Spanish only).
• Presentation on standardization of alerts and sending alerts to SATA by Juan Carlos Araneda, Specialist, CICAD/OID (Spanish only).

Launch Event of the Project on Early Warning Systems in Response to Opioids and New Psychoactive Substances - June 19, 2020.

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updated on 12/1/2021 10:30:47 AM