Harm Reduction

Jan 29, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

The Drugreporter video team helped Coalition I Can Live, a Lithuanian drug policy reform NGO to launch a media campaign for the decriminalisation of drug use. Watch the movie we produced about drug policies in Lithuania – and read this interview with Laura Bliujiene, a lawyer working for the NGO!

Jan 24, 2018

Arsenijević Bojan

I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”

Read the story of Bojan Arsenijević’s (NGO Re Generation, Serbia) influencing experience about taking PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, which represents a combination of antiretroviral drugs that minimises the possibility of infection after accidental exposure to a potentially infectious material.

Jan 3, 2018

Алексей Курманаевский

A City Without Stigmatization – Amsterdam

From the perspective of activists from Eastern-Europe, Amsterdam is the symbol of humane drug policies. Our Russian speaking reporters visited the city to explore its harm reduction scene – and meet with Eastern-Europeans who live there. Watch their video and find out more!

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.

Dec 5, 2017

Igor Kuzmenko

Harm Reduction in Kazakhstan: The Opportunity Is in the Air

Harm reduction in Kazakhstan performs surprisingly well compared to other countries of the region. The DUNews filming crew visited Almaty, Kazakhstan’s ‘Southern Capital’ and Largest City – watch their video with English subtitles to learn more!

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 22, 2017

Алексей Курманаевский

The Harm Reducer’s Guide to Odessa

“Imagine that you ingested the poison and needed to find the antidote in an unfamiliar city, among strangers, in just three days. And you can count only on yourself!” Watch the video of Drug Users News.

Nov 20, 2017

Péter Sárosi

Repressive Drug Policies Fuel Overdoses in Estonia – An Interview with Mart Kalvet

Estonia is a country hit hard by the opioid overdose epidemic. People struggling with overdoses in other countries can learn a lot from the Estonian example about what works and what does not work in preventing deaths and suffering. We interviewed Mart Kalvet, an activist representing LUNEST, the Estonian organisation of people who use drugs.

Nov 12, 2017

Péter Sárosi

Harm Reduction Beyond Numbers

How cultural attitudes, the political environment, and donor expectations shape harm reduction – and how they can divert it from its original mission as a movement.

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Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”

A City Without Stigmatization – Amsterdam

Towards Humane Drug Policies in Asia

Harm Reduction in Kazakhstan: The Opportunity Is in the Air

Portugal Beyond Decriminalisation: Challenges to Harm Reduction

A City We Want to Live In

The Harm Reducer’s Guide to Odessa

Repressive Drug Policies Fuel Overdoses in Estonia – An Interview with Mart Kalvet

Harm Reduction Beyond Numbers

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