On February 28, thousands of people gathered in Budapest and three other Hungarian cities for an unusual form of protest: a peaceful demonstration expressed through electronic music and collective dancing against the increasingly harsh war on drugs.

In Bergen, on Norway’s rainy western coast, Huset Bergen — a three-storey harm reduction centre — is run entirely by people with lived and living experience of drug use. Drugreporter joined Arild Knutsen from the Association for Humane Drug Policy to explore this bold model and found something striking: not resistance, but broad community support — from neighbours to bankers and politicians. Watch our new documentary on the future of peer-led drug services.

Charlotte James is a medicine woman, educator, and founder of the Psychedelic Liberation training. With Afro-Caribbean and Germanic ancestry, her work weaves together ancestral healing, social justice, embodiment, and plant medicine. In our conversation, she speaks about liberation, informed care, the power of ritual, and how to bring accountability and integrity into psychedelic spaces.

Leor Roseman is a psychedelic researcher whose work explores both the individual and collective dimensions of psychedelic experience — from DMT interruption studies to intergroup healing in the Israeli-Palestinian context. In this interview, we discuss how psychedelics may open space not only for personal transformation, but also for collective reconciliation.

For generations, drug prevention has told young people to “just say no,” while failing to ask what they actually need in order to say yes to life.

Psychedelic therapy can offer spiritual validation and gender euphoria for trans and non-binary people — Jae Sevelius explains what truly affirming psychedelic care means in practice.

CORE was a successful European Union–funded project aimed at reducing inequalities by strengthening community responses and addressing gaps in mainstream HIV and other STI prevention and healthcare services, particularly in EU Member States where such responses are limited. Drugreporter proudly presents this short video summarising the project’s results.

Explore key speeches and sessions recorded at the Scottish Drugs Forum’s annual conference in Glasgow.

Regardez les enregistrements vidéo des sessions de la rencontre organisée dans le cadre du projet CORE par la Fédération Parapluie Rouge et Médecins du Monde, en collaboration avec le European AIDS Treatment Group et la European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance.

On December 6, something extraordinary happened on Kossuth Square in front of the Hungarian Parliament. What began as a response to escalating police harassment of musicians, clubs, and young partygoers transformed into a vibrant, peaceful celebration of community, culture, and freedom: Dance for Freedom (Tánc a Szabadságért). [Updated with video!]