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# 									Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats							

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        - Frequently Asked Questions
        - Remarks and Releases
        - Videos

Illicitly-manufactured synthetic drugs such as fentanyl, tramadol, methamphetamine, captagon, MDMA, and ketamine threaten the health, security and wellbeing of people around the world. No one country can tackle this issue alone: we must join forces as a global community. Synthetic Drug Threats cut across both public health and criminal justice; within a country no single agency can provide the solution: law enforcement, regulatory, commercial, and public health entities must work together both within their borders and around the world.

The United States is calling upon the global community to come together to collectively combat this shared challenge. On July 7, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a virtual Ministerial-level meeting to launch a Global Coalition to address Synthetic Drug Threats. The Ministerial will provide the foundation to combine our efforts to prevent the production and trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs, identify emerging drug trends and use patterns, and respond to their public health impacts. By doing so, we will protect our citizenry and drive international action.

Following establishment of the Global Coalition, the United States will initiate consultations with participating countries to establish priority actions and measures to confront synthetic drugs. Partners will collaborate in working groups to offer new solutions, drive national action, and advance combatting synthetic drugs as a policy priority.

The Global Coalition will reconvene at the political level on the margins of high-level events, such as the 78th UN General Assembly and the March 2024 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). These meetings will present further opportunities to share the Global Coalition’s work with a broader audience and support the advancement of international drug policy. The Global Coalition will complement, not duplicate or supplant the important work of existing key multilateral and regional fora.

Global Coalition participants will continue advancing policy solutions on the synthetic drugs threat, endorse key outcome documents, and undertake further action – laying the groundwork for continued technical work through existing channels. For example, the international community will develop a network to share information and respond to new drug threats as they emerge, rather than trying to stop them after they have become entrenched in a community.

The United States welcomes any country concerned by the public health and security threat posed by illicitly manufactured synthetic drugs and motivated to deepen global cooperation to join the coalition.

For more information, please contact SyntheticsCoalition@state.gov

##  Frequently Asked Questions

        - **Find Frequently Asked Questions on the Global Coalition**

##  Remarks and Releases

        - Participating countries of the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats
        - Highlighting U.S. and Global Efforts to Address the Health and Security Threats of Synthetic Drugs Through Global Cooperation
        - Summary of the Side Event on “Addressing the Health and Security Threats of Synthetic Drugs Through Global Cooperation”
        - Secretary Blinken’s Opening Remarks at a Virtual Ministerial Meeting to Launch the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drugs
        - Remarks by Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of National Drug Control Policy, at the Kick-off Meeting of the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats
        - Secretary Blinken’s Closing Remarks at a Virtual Ministerial Meeting to Launch the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drugs
        - Ministerial Declaration on Accelerating and Strengthening the Global Response to Synthetic Drugs

##  Videos

        - Denver Responds to Synthetic Drug Threats – UNGA 2023
        - Addressing the Public Health and Security Threat of Synthetic Drugs Through Global Cooperation Event
        - Readout of Secretary Blinken’s Event, Addressing the Public Health and Security Threats

## Statements at the Virtual Ministerial to Launch a Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats

        - African Union 
        - Barbados 
        - Canada 
        - Commonwealth of Australia 
        - Dominican Republic 
        - European Commission 
        - Federal Republic of Germany 
        - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 
        - Hellenic Republic of Greece 
        - International Narcotics Control Board 
        - INTERPOL 
        - Japan  
        - Kingdom of Belgium 
        - Kingdom of Cambodia 
        - Kingdom of Morocco 
        - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
        - Kingdom of Spain 
        - Kingdom of the Netherlands 
        - Organization of American States 
        - Portuguese Republic 
        - Republic of Angola 
        - Republic of Argentina 
        - Republic of Armenia 
        - Republic of Bulgaria 
        - Republic of Cameroon 
        - Republic of Colombia 
        - Republic of Costa Rica 
        - Republic of Croatia 
        - Republic of Ecuador 
        - Republic of Estonia 
        - Republic of Finland 
        - Republic of Ghana 
        - Republic of Guatemala 
        - Republic of India 
        - Republic of Korea 
        - Republic of Moldova 
        - Republic of Nigeria 
        - Republic of Panama 
        - Republic of Peru 
        - Republic of Singapore 
        - Republic of the Philippines 
        - Republic of Trinidad & Tobago 
        - Republic of Uzbekistan 
        - Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
        - State of Israel 
        - State of Qatar 
        - The Colombo Plan 
        - Union of Comoros 
        - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
        - United Mexican States 
        - United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime 
        - United States of America (opening) 
        - United States of America (closing) 
        - World Health Organization 

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