Drug Policy Reform

Feb 25, 2019

Péter Sárosi

Finland Needs to Relax Its Restrictive Drug Laws – An Interview with Tuukka Tammi

Finland is debating the opening of its first drug consumption room to respond to high overdose death rates. Tuukka Tammi, a top researcher in the drug field in Finland, says restrictive drug laws should be reformed as well.

Feb 18, 2019

Arsenijević Bojan

Chasing the Paranoid Dragon: Alpha-PVP

Some tabloid newspapers call it the “zombie drug” – but what is behind sensationalist media reports? Bojan Arsenijevic explores the mysterious AlphaPVP in his article.

Feb 13, 2019

Ivica Cekovski

Legal Needs and Access to Justice for People Who Inject Drugs in Macedonia

A Macedonian harm reduction NGO, HOPS, assessed the access of injecting drug users and sex workers to justice. Please read a short summary of the findings of this research by Ivica Cekovski!

Feb 11, 2019

Péter Sárosi

5 Reasons Why We Cannot Make the World Drug-free – Just Say Know Series, Episode 3.

In March 2019 governments will discuss global drug policies in Vienna at the Commission on Narcotics Drugs. This is our message to them. If you have 4 minutes to learn why the global war on drugs is an utter failure, please watch this short video!

Jan 29, 2019

Péter Sárosi

HR19 Film Festival at the Harm Reduction International Conference 2019: Call for Submissions!

The Rights Reporter Foundation and Harm Reduction International welcomes entries to the Film Festival at the 26th Harm Reduction International Conference! The deadline is extended to March 13, 2019 (11:59 pm CET)

Jan 23, 2019

Irena Molnar

Where Mental Health and Clubbing Intersect

Although we talk a lot about the risks of drug use at dance parties and festivals, do we address the mental health issues among party going young people as well? Read the article of two Serbian outreach workers from the NGO ReGeneration!

Jan 18, 2019

Medical Cannabis Arrives at Pharmacies in Poland

People with a doctor’s prescription can now go to Polish pharmacies and buy one of the most ancient medicine in the world: cannabis. Read Adam Stasiak’s report from Warsaw!

Dec 12, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Civil Society Identifies Huge Gaps to Be Bridged in Implementing the EU Action Plan on Drugs

In its new report, the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD) urges member states and EU institutions to fulfill their commitments and bridge the gaps in providing access to and improving quality of prevention, treatment and harm reduction services.

Dec 6, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Bulgarian Harm Reduction Drown in Bureaucracy: Interview with Yuliya Georgieva

The news came as a shock: all harm reduction programs were terminated this year in Bulgaria, an EU member state. Why? Yuliya Georgieva, a veteran Bulgarian harm reduction activist from the Centre for Humane Policy and the new co-chair of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association, answered our questions.

Dec 3, 2018

Péter Sárosi

8 Lessons Learned at the European Harm Reduction Conference

The 4th European Harm Reduction Conference took place in Bucharest on 21-23 November, 2018. Please watch the video report we made at the event – and read about some of the messages we could take home.

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Drug Policy Reform

Finland Needs to Relax Its Restrictive Drug Laws – An Interview with Tuukka Tammi

Chasing the Paranoid Dragon: Alpha-PVP

Legal Needs and Access to Justice for People Who Inject Drugs in Macedonia

5 Reasons Why We Cannot Make the World Drug-free – Just Say Know Series, Episode 3.

HR19 Film Festival at the Harm Reduction International Conference 2019: Call for Submissions!

Where Mental Health and Clubbing Intersect

Medical Cannabis Arrives at Pharmacies in Poland

Civil Society Identifies Huge Gaps to Be Bridged in Implementing the EU Action Plan on Drugs

Bulgarian Harm Reduction Drown in Bureaucracy: Interview with Yuliya Georgieva

8 Lessons Learned at the European Harm Reduction Conference

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