This project aims to reduce the threat of synthetic opioids to men and women in selected beneficiary countries and Canada. Project activities include: (1) developing the following new toolkit modules: (a) advanced investigative techniques in interdicting drug trafficking; (b) airport and air-passenger security and interdiction; (c) opioid overdose prevention & stigma reduction; and (d) safe handling and disposal that promote gender-sensitive and human rights-based approaches; (2) delivering six regional training workshops raising awareness of the opioid crisis, and highlighting the gender and human rights dimensions of the crisis; (3) providing training to two focal points from each of the six countries (Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Jamaica, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago) on the identification and detection of synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids; and (4) supplying six air-cargo control units where they are not available, and training on using, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) field drug and precursor kits, including the handheld electronic drug identification devices. The project expects to benefit women and men law enforcement officers from the following countries: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Laos PDR, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Vietnam.
