Chile
We accompany Chile in the implementation of the National Drug Strategy 2021-2030 and the National Policy against Organised Crime (2022).
Chile’s new drug policy aims to generate a cultural change in the use of substances, as well as to reduce the prevalence of drug use in both the school and adult population.
The technical support of the COPOLAD III Programme is channelled through five national actions that seek to have better scientific evidence to implement drug policies, reduce demand, implement an innovative methodology in the responsible bodies and improve the fight against money laundering and financial investigations of drug trafficking. Chile also participates in five working groups of the Programme
How do we support the country?
Strengthening the National Drug Observatory
- Gender mainstreaming in data recording sources and in a study to characterise the synthetic drug user population.
- 1 pilot study of wastewater to increase detection capacity and facilitate monitoring of consumption. The results allow for strengthening the work of the Early Warning System and the institutions linked to supply control and to test the increase or decrease in consumption as well as the appearance of new psychoactive substances.
Drug demand reduction
- 1 social innovation laboratory aimed at prevention and harm reduction to improve the response to drug use and prevention in minors under the care of the State.
- 2 study visits to learn about models of care for problematic drug use in community treatment facilities in Uruguay and Colombia. The visits have served to design a pilot project in Valparaíso aimed at creating a community work department in the territory that can be articulated with existing prevention and treatment programmes.
Fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
- 1 study to improve the registration of final beneficiaries of money laundering, which are being hidden through legal or financial structures to give the appearance of legitimacy to these assets.
- Updating the Financial Investigations Guide, including the systematisation of good practices for information exchange, since in many cases the financial networks of drug trafficking are not limited to one country.
How do we support the country?
Strengthening the National Drug Observatory
- Gender mainstreaming in data recording sources and in a study to characterise the synthetic drug user population.
- 1 pilot study of wastewater to increase detection capacity and facilitate monitoring of consumption. The results allow for strengthening the work of the Early Warning System and the institutions linked to supply control and to test the increase or decrease in consumption as well as the appearance of new psychoactive substances.
Drug demand reduction
- 1 social innovation laboratory aimed at prevention and harm reduction to improve the response to drug use and prevention in minors under the care of the State.
- 2 study visits to learn about models of care for problematic drug use in community treatment facilities in Uruguay and Colombia. The visits have served to design a pilot project in Valparaíso aimed at creating a community work department in the territory that can be articulated with existing prevention and treatment programmes.
Fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
- 1 study to improve the registration of final beneficiaries of money laundering, which are being hidden through legal or financial structures to give the appearance of legitimacy to these assets.
- Updating the Financial Investigations Guide, including the systematisation of good practices for information exchange, since in many cases the financial networks of drug trafficking are not limited to one country.
