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Drug Consumption Rooms


May 13, 2026
István Gábor Takács
As civic space shrinks and organized crime grows, the Nordic countries are at a crossroads. This conference brought together activists, researchers, policymakers, and people who use drugs to discuss solutions rooted in Nordic values. Watch all presentations filmed by Drugreporter here!
Nordic Mobilization on Human Rights and Drug Policy: All Presentations on Video

Feb 18, 2026
István Gábor Takács
In Bergen, on Norway’s rainy western coast, Huset Bergen — a three-storey harm reduction centre — is run entirely by people with lived and living experience of drug use. Drugreporter joined Arild Knutsen from the Association for Humane Drug Policy to explore this bold model and found something striking: not resistance, but broad community support — from neighbours to bankers and politicians. Watch our new documentary on the future of peer-led drug services.

Jan 23, 2026
István Gábor Takács
Step inside the UK’s first legal safer drug consumption room. In Drugreporter’s new video, Lynn MacDonald, service manager at The Thistle, takes us through a space built not only for life-saving safer use, but for compassion, dignity, and respect — putting care and humanity at the center of the service.
Visiting The Thistle: The UK’s First Legal Safer Drug Consumption Room in Glasgow

Nov 26, 2025
István Gábor Takács
Scotland continues to face some of the highest drug-related death rates in Europe. The Scottish Drugs Forum Stop the Deaths conference in Glasgow brings together people who have lived this reality from every angle — families, frontline workers, people with lived and living experience, policymakers, and activists — to confront the scale of the emergency and demand meaningful change. Watch Drugreporter’s short documentary, filmed at this landmark event!
STOP THE DEATHS – Uniting Against Preventable Overdoses in Scotland

Dec 20, 2024
István Gábor Takács
In the framework of the CORE EU project, we filmed at two community-based centers run by GAT Portugal in Lisbon. They are excellent examples of building effective HIV responses on peer work! Check it out!
AT GAT PORTUGAL: Peer Work Makes Super Services!

Dec 6, 2024
Péter Sárosi
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!

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