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The Vienna Declaration is a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. We are inviting scientists, health practitioners and the public to endorse this document in order to bring these issues to the attention of governments and international agencies, and to illustrate that drug policy reform is a matter of urgent international significance. We also welcome organizational endorsements.

This is the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) to be held in Vienna, Austria from July 18th to 23rd. The declaration was drafted by a team of international experts and initiated by several of the world’s leading HIV and drug policy scientific bodies: the International AIDS Society, the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP), and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. To read the Declaration click here.

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Based on the available English language scientific evidence, the results of this systematic review suggest that an increase in drug law enforce- ment interventions to disrupt drug markets is unlikely to reduce violence attributable to drug gangs. Instead, from an evidence-based public policy perspective and based on several decades
of available data, the existing evidence strongly suggests that drug law enforcement contributes to gun violence and high homicide rates and that increasingly sophisticated methods of disrupt- ing organizations involved in drug distribution could unintentionally increase violence. In this context, and since drug prohibition has not achieved its stated goal of reducing drug supply, alternative models for drug control may need to be considered if drug-related violence is to be meaningfully reduced.

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Dear xxxxx

Thank you for endorsing the Vienna Declaration. Joining your ranks are over 5000 individuals, among them ex-presidents, Nobel Laureates, literary icons, police officers, current and former drug users and many, many others who believe drug policy should be based on evidence, not ideology.

This Saturday, to celebrate our success so far, the President of the International AIDS society (IAS) will be releasing the exact number of declaration endorsements at the opening of the International AIDS Conference, the largest public health conference on the planet. To help the IAS President make it clear that illicit drug policies causing disease, violence, and crime will not be tolerated by the international community we're asking each signatory to bring on four more endorsements.

Will you help us?

There are three easy ways you can encourage your friends to sign the Vienna Declaration online, right now:

1. Email them. Send them a pre-written email with our easy-to-use Tell-A-Friend tool or share this shortened link to our site: http://bit.ly/signtheviennadeclaration.

2. Facebook and Twitter. Invite your friends to fan us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get daily updates and learn more about why they should sign the Declaration.

3. Blog or post a link. Visit the media section of our site for all the information you need to blog about the Vienna declaration. You can also email us at declaration@icsdp.org if you would like a badge to post to your site.

Every endorsement counts so please, continue spreading the word and help us make this Saturday's announcement a powerful one.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Vienna Declaration Team