UN Drug policy

Civil society groups from around the world denounced the final UN Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, released after marathon negotiations during the UN High Level meeting on AIDS this week.

More people attended the Marijuana March in Hungary than ever - chances for decriminalization are growing after the parlamentary elections.

Hundreds of people marched on the streets of Budapest to demonstrate for the National Drug Strategy and against the criminalization of drug users.

HCLU criticises the 2005 report of the INCB because of its negative attitude to harm reduction and decriminalization.

Interview with Peter Cohen. The short version of this interview has been published in the Hungarian journal, "Esély".

Hours before the strategic litigation–type criminal procedure today, the Head of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s (HCLU) Legal Aid Service, together with the psychologist/social worker of the Drug Prevention Foundation’s needle exchange program (also a colleguae with HCLU), presented the unacceptable situations surrounding HIV/AIDS and hepatitis prevention among IDU’s for the Members of the Drug Committee of the Hungarian Parliament.

More than 50 professionals from 26 countries supported the SignOn letter circulated by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union.

Representatives of NGOs, government and police officials gathered yesterday at the National Drug Prevention Institute to discuss recent legal and financial controversies about harm reduction services in Hungary.

The European Network on Drugs and Infection Prevention in Prisons (ENDIPP) organized its 8th Annual International Conference on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prisons “Unlocking potentials – Making Prisons Safe for everyone” in Budapest, Hungary on July 7 – 9, 2005.

March 31, Budapest--- Drug users’ surrender actions are organized to show failure of existing drug laws in Hungary and to press the government for decriminalization of drug use.