Cindy Fazey
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Cindy Fazey is a criminologist
and former Chief of Demand Reduction for the United Nations Drug Control Programme. She has been Professor of International Drug Policy at the University of Liverpool
since 1998. Fazey has spoken in the past of "the complete failure of national and international drugs policies"http://www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk/substance_abuse.htm. She has also noted that the organization of the international drug control apparatus makes it difficult to reform the systemhttp://www.fuoriluogo.it/arretrati/2003/apr_17_en.htm. On 24 February 2004, Fazey gave a speech at the Perspective on Cannabis conference at Liverpool entitled Can you hear the grass growing? Cannabis and the repatriation of drug policy.
Special Session in 1998. The Declaration was carefully worded to allow harm reduction
measures, containing provisions such as "Demand reduction shall: (i) Aim at preventing the use of drugs and at reducing the adverse consequences of drug abuse" and "Demand reduction programmes should cover all areas of prevention from discouraging initial use to reducing the negative health and social consequences of drug abuse." According to Fazey, this could be interpreted to permit "exchange and distribution of needles and syringes, the prescription of heroin, injecting rooms and even on the spot testing of drugs like ecstasy."
Cindy is currently teaching the addictive behaviours course at the University of Liverpool.
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
and former Chief of Demand Reduction for the United Nations Drug Control Programme. She has been Professor of International Drug Policy at the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
since 1998. Fazey has spoken in the past of "the complete failure of national and international drugs policies"http://www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk/substance_abuse.htm. She has also noted that the organization of the international drug control apparatus makes it difficult to reform the systemhttp://www.fuoriluogo.it/arretrati/2003/apr_17_en.htm. On 24 February 2004, Fazey gave a speech at the Perspective on Cannabis conference at Liverpool entitled Can you hear the grass growing? Cannabis and the repatriation of drug policy.
UN Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Demand Reduction
Fazey drafted the UN Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Demand Reduction that was approved by a United Nations General AssemblyUnited Nations General Assembly
For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly, see:* General Assembly members* General Assembly observersThe United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation...
Special Session in 1998. The Declaration was carefully worded to allow harm reduction
Harm reduction
Harm reduction refers to a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with recreational drug use and other high risk activities...
measures, containing provisions such as "Demand reduction shall: (i) Aim at preventing the use of drugs and at reducing the adverse consequences of drug abuse" and "Demand reduction programmes should cover all areas of prevention from discouraging initial use to reducing the negative health and social consequences of drug abuse." According to Fazey, this could be interpreted to permit "exchange and distribution of needles and syringes, the prescription of heroin, injecting rooms and even on the spot testing of drugs like ecstasy."
Cindy is currently teaching the addictive behaviours course at the University of Liverpool.