Drug Policy and Law

Feb 9, 2018

Péter Sárosi

“Our Countries Are Waiting for Future Tragedies That Are Preventable Now” – Interview with Iveta Chovancová

Iveta Chovancová is the director of Odyesus, a harm reduction NGO based in Bratislava, Slovakia. We interviewed her about trends in drug policies in her country.

Jan 29, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

The Drugreporter video team helped Coalition I Can Live, a Lithuanian drug policy reform NGO to launch a media campaign for the decriminalisation of drug use. Watch the movie we produced about drug policies in Lithuania – and read this interview with Laura Bliujiene, a lawyer working for the NGO!

Jan 27, 2018

Péter Sárosi

5 Common Myths Among Cannabis Smokers

We know that there are persistent myths about cannabis among opponents of reform, from the gateway drug theory to demotivational syndrome. But there are also myths among cannabis smokers.

Jan 24, 2018

Arsenijević Bojan

I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”

Read the story of Bojan Arsenijević’s (NGO Re Generation, Serbia) influencing experience about taking PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, which represents a combination of antiretroviral drugs that minimises the possibility of infection after accidental exposure to a potentially infectious material.

Jan 17, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Is Drug Policy Reform Possible Without Democracy?

An authoritarian government can scale up access to harm reduction and reform drug laws. But without a free and vibrant democratic society, drug policy reform cannot be truly meaningful and sustainable.

Jan 15, 2018

Péter Sárosi

“Norway Can Set the Standard for Nordic Countries” – Interview with Ina Spinnangr

Our interview with Ina Roll Spinnangr, the director of the Association for Safer Drug Policies, the NGO that organised the first Nordic Drug Policy Reform Conference last year.

Jan 12, 2018

Irena Molnar

A Year Long Battle for Transparent Policy Making

Amendments of the Law on Psychoactive and Controlled Substances in Serbia. Read about the controversial and not-transparent process of the adoption of the amendments, and the fight of NGOs to be involved.

Jan 9, 2018

Péter Sárosi

2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference: Race & the Drug War

The Drugreporter video team was invited by the Drug Policy Alliance to their conference in Atlanta to produce a film about the latest developments in drug policy in the US and beyond. You can now watch our short summary movie on race and the drug war, as well as recorded key speeches and sessions!

Dec 21, 2017

Hydra and Heracles: Lessons Not Learned

How the Polish Ministry of Health wants to fight new psychoactive substances. Analogy with the myth of the Hydra and Heracles.

Dec 18, 2017

Péter Sárosi

Towards Humane Drug Policies in Asia

A report from a drug policy conference in Macau, where we visited a high-tech methadone clinic, a drop-in centre, and interviewed many brave Asian activists who are working on reducing the harms of drug use and drug laws.

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“Our Countries Are Waiting for Future Tragedies That Are Preventable Now” – Interview with Iveta Chovancová

Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

5 Common Myths Among Cannabis Smokers

I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”

Is Drug Policy Reform Possible Without Democracy?

“Norway Can Set the Standard for Nordic Countries” – Interview with Ina Spinnangr

A Year Long Battle for Transparent Policy Making

2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference: Race & the Drug War

Hydra and Heracles: Lessons Not Learned

Towards Humane Drug Policies in Asia

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