• Support OAS member states in developing, implementing, and evaluating their national drug policies in the following areas: capacity and institutional strengthening, measures on prevention, treatment, and recovery support, Measures to control and counter the illicit cultivation, production, trafficking, and distribution of drugs, and to address their causes and consequences, research, information, monitoring, and evaluation, international cooperation.
• Ensure that the respective national drug policies of each country include specific and tangible strategies and interventions, that adopt a gender perspective, as well as a  human rights approach.

PROJECTS:

• Strengthening Institutional Capacity through Training on National Drug Policies: Curriculum Development
• Support for the Development of Local Drug Policies
• IGUALDROGAS. Program for the Inclusion of a Gender Perspective in Drug Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
• The International Network for Legislation on Drugs – Latin American and Caribbean Component (INLOD-LAC)

• Organization of virtual/in-person training workshops to strengthen the institutional capacity of national drug authorities and other key stakeholders in this area in the drafting of the different sections of a national drug policy.
• Technical assistance in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of national drug policies, strategies, and plans through virtual and in-person meetings with participating countries.
• Revision of draft drug policy documents, providing recommendations/suggestions.
• Development of materials that support the drafting process of the different sections of a drug policy.