Video 1:Introduction to the MOOC

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Drugs, drug use, drug policy and health

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University of Geneva

Drugs, drug use, drug policy and health

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This MOOC is the first of its kind, since it addresses critical issues related to drugs from a multidisciplinary, health and human rights-based approach. Throughout the course you will cover a range of questions including what are drugs and why they controlled? What are the benefits and harms of taking drugs? How public health policies can address drug use? You will also learn about the intricacies of the international drug control framework and the negative consequences of widespread prohibitionist drug policies around the world. Finally, you will examine ways of furthering drug policy reform. The topics will be presented by over 40 speakers from scientific, academic and institutional backgrounds, spokespersons of civil society as well as people who use drugs presenting their views. By the end of the course you will have: - a strong understanding of the major health issues related to drug use and drug policy; - a clear vision of why drug policy is debated today; - and, if you so wish, you will be equipped to engage in the drug policy reform movement at your local or regional level.

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Understanding drugs and the international drug control framework

Welcome to Module 1! This week's material starts by looking at seemingly simple questions such as : « what are drugs ? » and « why do people use drugs ? » It then addresses the question : « why are drug internationally controlled ? » As you will see the answer to this question constitutes one of the founding blocks of the rest of this course. You will learn what legal elements make up the international drug control framework and what that means for countries putting in place different drug policies around the world. Once you have finished this week, you will be able to: explain what drugs and controlled substances are; describe the main elements of the International Drug Control Framework and recognize the diversity of national drug policies under a unique International Drug Control Framework. We hope that you are prepared to work through the interesting and wide-ranging material we have prepared for you. We also encourage you to stop and answer as many of the in-video (or stand-alone) reflective questions we have placed throughout the week, and look forward to receiving any feedback you may have for us! Have a great first week learning about drugs and the international drug control framework! Best wishes,The Drugs, Drug Use, Drug Policy and Health team

Video 1:Introduction to the MOOC4:55

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Michel Kazatchkine
Senior Fellow
Global Health Center, Graduate Institute for International Affairs and Development, Geneva
Barbara Broers
Professor (in Addiction Medicine)
Community Health Departement, Geneva University Hospitals
Jennifer Hasselgard-Rowe
Researcher and Lecturer
Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva
Aymeric Reyre
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Medicine, Paris 13 University

Good afternoon, bonjour, buenos dias,

dobre jen, my name is Michel Kazatchkine,

I'm the director of the course and the senior fellow here at Geneva at

the Global Health Center of the Graduate

Institute for International Affairs and Development.

Geneva where we're filming,

the city where the Global International Community comes

together to discuss health and human rights related issues.

Together with the team that has worked on preparing this book,

the University of Geneva and the National Agency for Research in France,

we would like to welcome you to this course on drugs,

drug use, drug policy and health.

Drugs and drug policies are debated every day,

everywhere across the world with a variety of perspectives and approaches from

the most compassionate to the most repressive

and brutal as we've recently seen in the Philippines.

As an HIV physician,

I have witnessed myself firsthand the damage of the HIV-AIDS epidemic among

people who use drugs in my own country in France back in the 80s and 90s,

and I continue to see it's devastating impact in Eastern Europe and

Central Asia where I work as the UN Secretary General Special Envoy.

In the last five years,

I have also had the privilege to work closely with the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

Kofi Annan, a member of our commission has said,

"Drugs may have harmed many people,

but poor government policies have harmed many more."

This is why we have designed this mock to provide you with the facts,

with the evidence, with

the background elements so to allow you to make your own judgment.

The mock is build around six models comprised of videos and readings.

Each module is focusing on one particular set of issues such as: What are drugs?

Why do people use them?

How and why are they controlled by the international systems?

What have drug policies achieved?

Have they been helpful or harmful to people and society?

The issue of access to opioids for medical use

and other controlled substances for medical and scientific use,

and the current debate on drug policy reform.

These issues will be presented to you by 40 speakers from scientific,

academic and institutional backgrounds,

but also journalists spokespersons for the civil society,

and people who use drugs.

You will be able to go more in-depth into each of

the issues through additional, optional,

videos and readings, and be also able to

take part in discussions by participating in electronic forum.

Each week you will also be offered to answer a number of questions and

test your knowledge as part of the pedagogic framework associated with the mock.

The course will be in English with subtitles in French,

Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

By the end of the mock you should be able to have

a good understanding of drug and drug policy related health issues,

and a clear vision of why this is so much debated today.

If you so wish, you will also be equipped to join and engage in

the drug policy reform movements yourself at local or regional level wherever you are.

So, I wish you an exciting experience and a successful journey with our course.

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