Vienna, Austria – On July 13th, 2010 former presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil), Ernesto Zedillo (México) and César Gaviria (Colombia) announced their endorsement of the Vienna Declaration. These presidents join ranks with Nobel Laureates, drug users, scientists, doctors, advocates, and literary icons who have already signed the declaration.

To join this growing community, click here to sign the Vienna Declaration.

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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. This drive is lead by the ICSDP, International AIDS Society, and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS to coincide with the International AIDS Conference taking place in Vienna, Austria from 18 to 23 July 2010.

We are encouraging all our supporters and their affiliate organizations to endosre the declaration and to invite friends, colleagues, scientists, health practitioners, policy-makers, and celebrities to also join the call.

Together we will bring these issues to the attention of governments and international agencies, and illustrate clearly that drug policy reform is a matter of urgent international significance.