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.
Regulation and Control
Evo Morales at the CND in 2013
Watch the full speech of Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, march 2013. Now with English and Spanish subtitles.
Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor
Our video report from the panel discussion “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor”
The UN on Drugs: Trends in 2013
Our movie gives you an insight of the 2013 trends of international drug control policies
The Innovative Regulation of Legal Highs in New Zealand
The HCLU interviewed Peter Dunne, the Minister of Revenue of New Zealand. He explained the innovative legislational approach his country has adopted to new psychoactive drugs
The War on Drugs in Mexico: Is There an Alternative?
Our latest movie provides an insight to the war on drugs in Mexico
The Drug War Undermines Security and Development – COUNT THE COSTS SERIES
Please watch and share the latest of our Count the Costs campaign movie serials!
HCLU Video Advocacy Training 2012 alumni are successfully making videos
The HCLU organised a video training in May 2012 to teach 14 harm reduction and drug policy activists how to use video in activism. Now we have selected some of the movies they have made.
InSite – Not Just Injecting, But Connecting
InSite is an injecting site – and so much more. Please watch our movie and learn why the Canadian government should not shut it down!
A New Approach to Marijuana in Washington
Watch our new movie on the new approach to drug policy in the state of Washington, where people voted yes to tax and regulate marijuana
