Drug Policy Reform

Mar 3, 2025

Péter Sárosi

Orbán’s New War on Drugs

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared a war on drug traffickers, announcing that Hungary will amend its constitution to criminalise drug use. However, civil society warns that this approach is bound to fail and a more integrated, health-focused approach is needed instead.

Dec 9, 2024

Péter Sárosi

Psychedelics: The Catalysts for Change

We proudly present our videos filmed at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) in June 2024, featuring many fascinating new research findings and incredible insights from world-renowned scientists and authors.

Dec 6, 2024

Péter Sárosi

Little Things Mean a Lot: 6h European Harm Reduction Conference

At its bi-annual gathering the European harm reduction movement addressed the multiple challenges of our time: rising populism, shrinking space for civil society, changing drug markets and changing needs of people who use drugs. Watch our film we produced at the conference!

Nov 29, 2024

Péter Sárosi

A Failed Attack Against the Pro-Harm Reduction Drug Strategy of Budapest

The City Council of Budapest rejected a proposal from the government party, Fidesz, to abolish the city’s progressive drug strategy and to create a new, repressive strategy.

Jul 15, 2024

Péter Sárosi

The Challenge of the Emerging Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoid Market in Europe

The lucrative and unregulated market of semi-synthetic cannabinoids is rapidly expanding across Europe, raising public health concerns and posing a legislative challenge to policymakers. The solution lies not in prohibition but in regulation.

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.

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Orbán’s New War on Drugs

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Little Things Mean a Lot: 6h European Harm Reduction Conference

A Failed Attack Against the Pro-Harm Reduction Drug Strategy of Budapest

The Challenge of the Emerging Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoid Market in Europe

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

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