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What’s the Nordic way concerning cannabis? Recent developments in control, policy and treatment
Public health
Use of cannabis in the Nordic countries is either stable or increasing with some regional variation between the countries. Meanwhile some countries, mainly outside the Nordic countries, have made significant changes to their cannabis policies. What effect does the cannabis legalisation debate have in the Nordics?
Live webcast 25 April at 13.00-16.00 (EET):
https://videonet.fi/nordicwelfarecentre/20180425/
Cannabis use is criminalized in some Nordic countries and at the same time some countries are decriminalizing drug use. What does this mean for the user? Are the Nordic countries moving in the same or in different directions regarding this matter?
We warmly welcome you to discuss these topics at our seminar What´s the Nordic way concerning cannabis? Recent developments in control, policy and treatment 25 April 2018. The seminar will take place at the Nordic Culture Point (conference room Ting), Kaisaniemenkatu 9, Helsinki 13.00-16.00
The seminar provides an excellent opportunity to network over a cup of coffee and learn more about cannabis issues in the Nordics.
Speakers at the conference
Aarne Kinnunen, deputy director, Ministry of Justice, Finland (moderator)
Helgi Gunnlaugsson, professor, University of Iceland
Per Ole Träskman, professor emeritus, Lund University, Sweden
Nina Rehn-Mendoza, deputy director, Nordic Welfare Centre
Mats Anderberg, PhD, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Mia-Maria Magnusson, police inspector and doctoral student, Malmö University, Sweden
Paul Larsson, professor, The Norwegian Police University College
Karin Rantala, education coordinator, EHYT Finnish Association for Substance Prevention
The seminar is arranged by the Nordic Welfare Centre’s popular scientific website popNAD.com and is aimed at researchers, students, policy makers, practitioners and others interested in these issues.
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