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- Published: 01 October 2012
ECAD had an Advisory Board meeting last week, October 27-28 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Members of the Board are city officials, heads of units for health and social services or/and politicians from city councils.
This time the AB meeting focused on several projects applied for funding, ECAD constitution and election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, planning of the next year`s Mayors` conference and t
he culture of synthetic drugs spreading promptly in Europe.
ECAD thanks warmly the city of Göteborg, Sweden, for hosting the meeting in Swedish second biggest city, demonstrating its traditional generosity to ECAD and being active member of the Advisory Board!
Members of the Board are city officials, heads of units for health and social services or/and politicians from city councils.
This time the AB meeting focused on several projects applied for funding, ECAD constitution and election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman, planning of the next year`s Mayors` conference and t
he culture of synthetic drugs spreading promptly in Europe.- In September ECAD received an invitation letter from Hon. Sergey S. Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow, Russia, to host the 20th Mayors` Conference in 2013. ECAD is now proud to plan the next Mayors` conference in Moscow on 13-15 May, 2013. First Announcement and general information about travel and other particulars will be published here soon.
- ECAD Board discussed growing availability of synthetic drugs in Europe, the issue that is acutely disturbing in the western parts of Europe, particularly in Ireland these days. Chairman Jim Corr who is a council member in Cork, Ireland, urged all present colleagues to be alert in their home countries about a new substance that had caused lethal cases among young men recently in Kinsale, Co. Cork. The substance contains two amphetamines: methylamphetamine or ecstasy and paramethoxymethamine or PMMA, a stimulant and psychedelic, known also as "Dr.Death" or "Mandy". These two chemicals are used for recreational purposes and induced many deaths also in Australia, Scotland, Israel, Canada and the U.S.
Drug users in Ireland recently admitted that the era of the head shops, which ended two years ago when the products they sold were banned, ushered in a new culture of synthetic drugs. Many head shop products had gone underground and became available from drug dealers operating in diverse locations throughout cities and towns in the last months. Doctors express concerns that a chemical chaos of today implies myriads of lethally potent substances that are very complex to identify.
ECAD thanks warmly the city of Göteborg, Sweden, for hosting the meeting in Swedish second biggest city, demonstrating its traditional generosity to ECAD and being active member of the Advisory Board!