On December 5, 2011, the Romanian Government issued a new Emergency Ordinance (GED) which amends the current legislation on drugs. More specifically, the new provision simplifies the procedures for amending the lists with controlled substances: from now on it will be easier to criminalize a new substance, once identified.

The film crew of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) attended the first meeting of the European Harm Reduction Network (EuroHRN) in Marseille, France. We interviewed professionals and activists from several countries to give you an overview of the current state of harm reduction in Europe – please watch and share our movie!

Drug policy reform is possible in countries with conservative public attitudes and repressive policies…

Criminalisation of drug possession does not help to decrease illicit drug consumption. Instead, it distracts the attention and energy of the police from the real originators of the problem: mass producers and major and minor drug dealers – write the signatories of the letter of support, including former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, for liberalizing drug policy in Poland.

Drugreporter’s film outlines Switzerland’s successful drug policy

The Vienna Declaration is now available in five more languages thanks to the European Drug Policy Initiative (EDPI)

The winning articles of the 'Dark Side of Drug Policies' schloraships for journalists  

HCLU is now calling for applications to its new media scholarship program

In the first comprehensive European report on the attitudes of adults on drug policy, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and its partners have found that the vast majority of adults in seven EU countries are not deterred by drug laws, but they think that drug laws may have a deterrent effect on other people.

Drug policy was not among the burning campaign issues at the 2009 EP elections in most countries of the EU – most political parties were silent about drugs. Citizens often have no or few information about the drug policy preferences of parties they intend to vote for.