Drug Policy Reform

Jun 4, 2024

Péter Sárosi

One Coca Leaf for Nutrition is One Coca Less for Drug Trafficking | Cesar Aguilar Alcedo

The UN drug treaties prohibited the use of coca leaf but Andean people are now promoting its re-legalisation. We asked Cesar Aguilar Alcedo, a member of the Bolivian delegation at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, to explain why.

Jun 3, 2024

Péter Sárosi

The State of Cannabis Reform in Europe | Interview with Tom Blickman at the UN

In this interview, filmed at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we discussed current developments of cannabis policy reform in Europe with Tom Blickman from the Transnational Institute.

May 29, 2024

Péter Sárosi

The Man Who Thinks Psilocybin Can Save Humankind: Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets is a world-renowned mycologist, featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary, Fantastic Fungi. In our interview he explains why he thinks that psychedelic mushrooms can help humankind to survive the crisis of the 21th century.

May 27, 2024

Péter Sárosi

Drug Regulation as a Tool to Promote Human Rights, Health and Security in Europe | Arild Knutsen

In this interview, filmed at the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna this year, we asked Arild Knutsen, the head of the Association for Humane Drug Policy (FHN) about drug policy reform developments in Norway.

May 16, 2024

Péter Sárosi

What Are Nitazines? Interview with Shayla Schlossenberg at the UN

You have likely heard of a new group of synthetic substances, Nitazines, increasingly sold on illicit drug markets in North America and in Europe. We interviewed Shayla Schlossenberg, Drug Service Coordinator at Release, a UK-based drug policy and human rights NGO.

May 9, 2024

Péter Sárosi

LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy in Switzerland: Interview with Peter Gasser

We interviewed the renowned psychiatrist, Peter Gasser, who conducted the first clinical study on the therapeutic use of LSD after research on psychedelics was outlawed in the 1960s.

May 6, 2024

Péter Sárosi

Don’t Blame Decriminalisation for the Failure of a Hundred Years of Prohibition

The recent backlash against the decriminalisation of drug use is a worrying sign of decision-makers’ short-sightedness. We, as a society, need to reconnect with marginalised people and not re-criminalise them.

Apr 29, 2024

Péter Sárosi

The New EU Drug Agency Seeks Stronger Partnership with Civil Society

The EU’s drug monitoring agency organised a meeting with civil society in Lisbon to discuss future cooperation outlined in its new mandate. Read this short report about the meeting by Marie Nougier (IDPC) and Peter Sarosi!

Apr 29, 2024

István Gábor Takács

Tenacity in the shrinking civic spaces | CND 2024

The side event examined prevalent legal strategies and frameworks utilized by authoritarian regimes in Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) to impede civil society’s role in public health improvement, protection of human rights, and the delivery of life-saving harm reduction services.

Apr 29, 2024

István Gábor Takács

Cooperation for effective drug policies: The role of regional civil society mechanisms in realizing joint commitments | CND 2024

Watch the session at the 67th CND, organised by the he African Union Commission with the support of the UNODC Civil Society Unit, the Africa Civil Society Forum on Drugs, the European Union Civil Society Forum on Drugs, the POS Foundation, the Slum Child Foundation and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs.

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Drug Policy Reform

One Coca Leaf for Nutrition is One Coca Less for Drug Trafficking | Cesar Aguilar Alcedo

The State of Cannabis Reform in Europe | Interview with Tom Blickman at the UN

The Man Who Thinks Psilocybin Can Save Humankind: Paul Stamets

Drug Regulation as a Tool to Promote Human Rights, Health and Security in Europe | Arild Knutsen

What Are Nitazines? Interview with Shayla Schlossenberg at the UN

LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy in Switzerland: Interview with Peter Gasser

Don’t Blame Decriminalisation for the Failure of a Hundred Years of Prohibition

The New EU Drug Agency Seeks Stronger Partnership with Civil Society

Tenacity in the shrinking civic spaces | CND 2024

Cooperation for effective drug policies: The role of regional civil society mechanisms in realizing joint commitments | CND 2024

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