European Drug Policy

Apr 11, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Queen of the ‘Legal Highs’

Mephedrone has proved to be the most successful of the recent wave of novel psychoactive drugs to have appeared on the European recreational market. The only ‘legal high’ to have managed to enter users’ repertoires even after being banned in most countries, it also raised the question of how ‘phantom’ narcotics are to be dealt with.

Apr 1, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Portugal Bans Legal Highs

Following the example of many other EU member states, Portugal has recently approved a restrictive law on legal highs – threatening to push the use of new psychoactive substances into the shadows.

Mar 14, 2013

Péter Sárosi

Children of the Bucharest Sewer System

We visited a street outreach program of ARAS, an NGO fighting HIV among the most vulnerable people of Romania

Mar 6, 2013

Agnieszka Sieniawska

Polish Addiction Ombudsman: Avoiding punishment is not enough

The 2011 amendment of the Polish drug law was a good first step, but a lot more has to be done to help people with addictions and strengthen the effectiveness of the country's harm reduction efforts.

Feb 11, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Bulgaria after US marijuana legalization

Just days after cannabis was legalised in Colorado and Washington states, regulation of weed became a new hot issue in Bulgaria, after two fundamentally different poll results were published.

Jan 12, 2013

István Gábor Takács

An insight into the work of a harm reduction NGO in Portugal

Drugreporter proudly presents the second part of HCLU’s documentary on Portugal’s reformist drug policy approach.

Dec 18, 2012

István Gábor Takács

Debating the next EU drug strategy

Real decriminalization efforts are still lagging behind in Europe because of foot-dragging on the part of member states, Drugreporter learned at a Brussels conference dedicated to the EU's next drug strategy.

Dec 14, 2012

István Gábor Takács

“Drugs: the end of war?” – Global Commission on Drug Policy meets

  Prominent Polish politicians and celebrities have expressed their belief in the need for a move away from prohibition-based drug policies and the promotion of a science-based approach, under the umbrella of The Global Commission on Drug Policy.  

Dec 3, 2012

István Gábor Takács

Serbia only pretends to comply with EUs drug recommendations

Rules and laws related to the possession and use of illicit drugs in Serbia give a lot of room for interpretation. Does this pose a threat, or could it be understood as a form of fake “decriminalization”?

Nov 28, 2012

István Gábor Takács

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European Drug Policy

Queen of the ‘Legal Highs’

Portugal Bans Legal Highs

Children of the Bucharest Sewer System

Polish Addiction Ombudsman: Avoiding punishment is not enough

Bulgaria after US marijuana legalization

An insight into the work of a harm reduction NGO in Portugal

Debating the next EU drug strategy

“Drugs: the end of war?” – Global Commission on Drug Policy meets

Serbia only pretends to comply with EUs drug recommendations

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