A couple of young people have launched “Weed like to talk”, a grassroots campaign calling on the European Union to make cannabis legal.
Criminalisation
Dangerous turn in Bulgarian drug policy, as proposed in a new Penal Code bill
At the very end of December, the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice (MJ) published a new Penal Code project. In general, this bill makes no progress towards a more liberal policy for drug users.
The Denver Sessions
Watch some great sessions on video, recorded at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Denver, Colorado.
International Drug Policy Reform Conference Videos I.
The Drugreporter was the official filmmaker of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference 2013 in Denver, Colorado. Watch our movies produced at this great event! First part with videos from the opening and closing sessions.
Portuguese Drug Decriminalisation Needs To Be Strengthened
Now more than ever, we have to rescue the real principles that underpinning the Portuguese Model of Decriminalisation, says European Drug Policy Initiative's Portuguese partner, APDES, in its social manifesto rejecting stigma and discrimination in the sphere of drug use.
Will Berlin soon have its first coffee shop?
Görlitzer Park in Berlin-Kreuzberg is the latest hot topic in the local media, due to ongoing problems that come with the massive scale of drug dealing and drug use there. Residents are no longer prepared to accept the situation as it stands. Politicians are trying to defuse the situation by making some unusual decisions.
Providing education on harm reduction through the media
HCLU's European Drug Policy Initiative invited a group of journalists to cover the world's largest assembly on harm reduction. Find out how they covered the Harm Reduction International Conference in Vilnius.
Hungarian Government Dreams About a Drug-Free Society
Unlike most countries in the European Union, Hungary still prefers a zero-tolerance approach to people who use drugs
Former Polish President: I Was Wrong
The former president of Poland, Alexander Kwasniewski apologized for supporting the criminalization of drug users in his speech at the opening session of the international harm reduction conference
The Global Drug Prohibition Regime: Half a Century of Failed Policymaking?
Video of the discussion forum at the CEU in Budapest with Wolfgang Reinicke (CEU), Sandeep Chawla (UNODC), Niamh Eastwood (Release), Martin Jelsma (TNI) and Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch (OSF).
