Although it was without much fanfare that the European Commission, in July 2017, published the new Action Plan on Drugs (2017-2020), the drug policy community should celebrate it as a great achievement both for its progressive content and for the meaningful involvement of civil society in its preparation. [There is a Polish, Estonian, Hungarian and Serbian translation of this article!]
European Drug Policy
Without Shift: Harm Reduction After Global Fund in Serbia
As of 3 years ago, Serbia stopped being eligible for funding from the Global Fund, which resulted in the closure of harm reduction programs around the country. Our movie gives you a glimpse of the desperate situation faced by injecting drug users in Serbia, and also explores the consequences of the closure of needle exchange programs in Belgrade, whilst trying to assess the current situation in the country!
Harm Reduction in Macedonia
Healthy Options Project Skopje (Macedonia) has launched a new campaign to save underfunded harm reduction programmes which are a huge success in the region. Watch the video we produced with them and learn more!
Is Crack [still] Wack? – The Need For Crack Cocaine HR Measures In Portugal
‘Despite the fact that drug use has been decriminalised in Portugal, there seems to be a lasting resistance to framing drug use beyond public health and public disorder issues.’
“Sport Isn’t For Drug Users!” “…Or Is It?” “Really? Again??”
Watch the video of David Pešek (SANANIM, Czech Republic) about soccer, drugs, faith, honesty, equality, boundaries, relationships, trust, social workers, seven teams, and dozens of fans and spectators.
Foetus On Meth
Drugreporter’s Czech partner SANANIM presents: “Public debate – Foetus on meth”. A debate about the consequences of drug use during pregnancy on both the mother and her newborn.
Hungarians Protest Against Blacklisting NGOs! Sign the petition!
Thousands of Hungarians protested against a bill that would blacklist NGOs funded from abroad. Protesters think that by scapegoating these organisations, Prime Minister Orban is trying to silence the critics of his corrupt, authoritarian regime.
People Who Use Drugs Clean-up Their Neighbourhood In Slovakia
“We wanted to show to the whole neighbourhood that people who use drugs are not indifferent and have a great power to do great things. It is only a matter of opportunity.” Odysseus, a Slovakian harm reduction NGO uses video advocacy to reach out local communities.
“We Do Not Wish To Walk Indifferently Away”
Café Therapy is a restaurant in Prague, its employees are clients of drug rehabilitation services provided by the NGO SANANIM. Watch this video interview by David Pešek with Josef “Pepe” Sedivy about his mission and belief in the field of drug services.
Otto Placht: The Collective Unconsciousness Of Art And Drugs
Watch the video report of the art exhibition.
