19th ECAD Mayors' Conference in Killarney: May 9-12, 2012
"COOPERATION IN PRACTICE - A BROADER PERSPECTIVE"
CO-HOSTED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES OF KILLARNEY, IRELAND and STAFFANSTORP, SWEDEN, TWIN - CITIES THROUGH ECAD
Venue: Malton Hotel
The conference in Killarney had some140 participants from 58 cities in 18 countries.

Conference Programme (PDF)
Conference Speakers (PDF)
Minutes of ECAD Advisory Board in Killarney, May 9, 2012 (PDF)
Minutes of ECAD Plenary Session, May 10, 2012 (PDF)

Speeches and Presentations:

• Jim Corr, Cllr, Chairman ECAD
  • Our Committment is to people (PDF)
• Allen Frances, Chair, DSM-IV Task Force, Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Duke University, USA, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
  • Diagnostic Inflation: Its Extent, Causes, Consequences and Possible Cures (PDF)
• Monica Luppi, International Relations Officer, San Patrignano, Italy
  • San Patrignano: Sustainable recovery through long-term holistic treatment (PDF)
• Valerie Curran, Professor, MA, PhD, DClinPsychol, FBS; University College, London
  • Do different strains of cannabis have different effects on mental health? (PDF)
• Alan Dron, Inspector, Interventions, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, 
  • Shared Responsibility - A Scottish Perspective (PDF)
• Neil McKeganey, Professor, BA, MSc, PhD, Director, Centre of Drug Misuse Research, Glasgow, Scotland
  • From Harm Reduction to Drug User Recovery (Paper presented - PDF)
• Tom Ward, Chief Clerk, Dublin Circuit and District Courts, Ireland
  • A different approach to dealing with substance abuse in the criminal justice system (PDF)
• Seamus Whitty, Kerry Life Education, Head of Training and Development, Kerry, Ireland
  • Kerry Life Education (PDF)

Workshops:

• Eugeny A. Bryun, Professor, Moscow Research and Practice Centre for Narcology, Ministry of Public Health and Social Development
  • Psychoactive substances and demand reduction: Strategy and methods (Moscow experience) (PDF)
• Fabio Bernabei, Investigative journalist, Associazione Osservatorio Droga
  • Medical marijuana. Social Construction of a Myth. Theories, Findings, Future (PDF)