Breaking Down the Vienna Consensus on Drugs
The consensus behind global drug prohibition is fading – watch the new video we filmed at the high level UN meeting in Vienna and find out why!
Debunk the INCB! – Video Campaign
The HCLU’s Drugreporter is launching a video campaign to debunk the offensive of the International Narcotics Control Board against drug policy reform initiatives
Europe, it’s time to regulate cannabis!
A couple of young people have launched “Weed like to talk”, a grassroots campaign calling on the European Union to make cannabis legal.
AT A CROSSROADS: Will Serbia Fund Harm Reduction Programs to Save Lives?
Serbia is not eligible for any more money from the Global Fund – harm reduction programs are in danger. Our movie gives you a glimpse of the desperate situation of Roma injecting drug users in Belgrade, help us to share the message!
Legal Dreams and Folk Tales: The New Psychoactive Substances in Urban Drug Folklores
In Romania, the urban legends that ‘legal highs’ have inspired, speak of the traumas and hardships faced by injecting drug users.
Needle and Syringe Programs Save Lives and Money: Infograph
There are an estimated 16 million injecting drug users (IDUs) in the world – three million of them living with HIV/AIDS. Providing IDUs with clean needle and syringe saves lives. Help us to spread this message by sharing our infograph!
Bunny and Wolf: An Animated Guide to Prevent Overdose Deaths
Opioid overdose continues to be a top killer of young people all over the world. In some countries, drug overdose deaths now outnumber those attributable to firearms, homicides or HIV/AIDS. Few people realise that most of these deaths are easily preventable with the right information, and an inexpensive antidote, Naloxone, which can reverse overdoses.
Polish Drug Policy by Numbers
On average, someone is arrested every three hours in Poland on suspicion of drug possession, most often during a routine street frisk.
The Not-So-Balanced Approach – Policy Responses to New Psychoactive Substances
Our new report (PDF) aims to assess the various policy responses to new psychoactive substances (so called “legal highs”) in five European countries – Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Serbia – , from the perspective of researchers, service providers, law enforcement officials and activists working with the most affected communities of people who use drugs.
Dangerous turn in Bulgarian drug policy, as proposed in a new Penal Code bill
At the very end of December, the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice (MJ) published a new Penal Code project. In general, this bill makes no progress towards a more liberal policy for drug users.
