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Drug Policy and Law

Jan 10, 2012
Péter Sárosi

7 Reasons Why We Dislike the New Hungarian Drug Strategy

The Hungarian government decided to reject the progressive drug strategy of the country and to draft a new, prohibitionist one. The head of the Drug Policy Program of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union argues that this is an example how a government should NOT draft a drug strategy.
Jan 9, 2012
Péter Sárosi

Fixerum – Mobile Injection Room in Copenhagen

Do you want to know how you can prevent overdose deaths and infections among drug users in your country? Watch the new movie of the HCLU and learn from the Danish!
Dec 12, 2011
Kardos Tamás

Street Action in Bulgaria: Count the Costs!

Initiative for Health, a harm reduction NGO, organized the first street action in Bulgaria to promote drug policy reform. The event was part of a coordinated international advocacy campaign of the European Drug Policy Initiative – please read the report of our Bulgarian partner!
Dec 8, 2011
Kardos Tamás

Drug criminalization procedures simplified in Romania

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.