Drug Policy Reform

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.

Nov 23, 2017

Ximene Rego

Portugal Beyond Decriminalisation: Challenges to Harm Reduction

Portugal is praised for its decriminalisation model but austerity measures often undermine the well-being of people who use drugs and thus, endanger the whole system. Ximene Rego from the research team of our Portuguese partner, APDES assessed the situation.

Nov 23, 2017

David Pesek

A City We Want to Live In

“Together with you, we create a city we want to live in.” David Pesek’s video and article about how local residents, NGOs and drug user activists recapture the city for a day.

Nov 10, 2017

Polish Drug Policy in Numbers

“The numbers show us that the current Polish drug policy is not working,” says Adam Stasiak from the Polish Drug Policy Network.

Nov 9, 2017

Darko Kostovski

Macedonia Must Scale Up Access to Treatment

“An example of not learning from good practice.” Darko Kostovski, a psychiatrist from Skopje, highlights the problems the clients of opiate substitution treatment face in Macedonia.

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Drug Policy Reform

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

Portugal Beyond Decriminalisation: Challenges to Harm Reduction

A City We Want to Live In

Polish Drug Policy in Numbers

Macedonia Must Scale Up Access to Treatment

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