Zdieľanie pomôcok na injikovanie medzi ľuďmi, ktorí injekčne užívajú drogy vedie k infekciám, akými sú hepatitída typu C alebo HIV. Pohodené striekačky sú na ulici nevítaní hostia a spôsobujú nevôľu okolitým obyvateľom. Riešenie však neleží v rukách polície – zatýkanie ľudí, ktorí užívajú drogy nepomôže znížiť počet užívateľov drog. Naopak, núti ich užívať drogy rizikovejším spôsobom a použité striekačky zahodiť čo najskôr po použití. Starý spôsob boja proti drogám nefunguje. Toto je kampaň pre nové riešenia – toto je Room for Change (Miesto pre zmenu).

Razmena pribora za injektiranje među korisnicima droga dovodi do širenja krvno prenosivih infekcija, kao što su Hepatitis C ili HIV. Bačene igle po ulicama izazivaju gađenje sugrađana. Rešenje ovog problema se ne nalazi u rukama policije – privođenje osoba koje koriste drogu ne smanjuje broj korisnika droga, već ih navodi da droge koriste na mnogo rizičniji način, kao i da što pre bace iskorišćen pribor za injektiranje. Tradicionalne metode borbe protiv droga nemaju efekta. Ova kampanja je namenjena pronalaženju novih rešenja – da se napravi mesto za promenu.

Sharing of injecting equipment by people who use drugs leads to infections, such as Hepatitis C or HIV. Discarded needles on the streets are not welcomed by people who live in the area. The solution does not lie in the hands of the police – arresting people who use drugs does not reduce the number of drug users, but pushes them to use in a more risky way, and to discard their needles as soon as possible. The old ways of fighting drug problems don’t work. This is a campaign to find new solutions – to provide room for change.

A partilha de material entre utilizadores de drogas pode levar a infeções, como a Hepatite C e o VIH. As seringas deixadas no chão não são bem vistas pelos habitantes de determinadas zonas. A solução não passa pela intervenção das forças policiais e a detenção dos utilizadores de drogas não reduz o consumo. Na verdade, pode levar as pessoas a consumos mais perigosos e a pensar que se devem ver livres das seringas o mais depressa possível. Os métodos antigos de combate às drogas já não são eficazes. Esta é uma campanha para se encontrarem novas soluções e promover uma mudança.

Η ανταλλαγή εξοπλισμού συριγγών από άτομα που χρησιμοποιούν φάρμακα οδηγεί σε λοιμώξεις, όπως Ηπατίτιδα C ή HIV. Οι σύριγγες που αφήνονται στους δρόμους δεν είναι ευπρόσδεκτες από τους ανθρώπους που ζουν στην περιοχή. Η λύση δεν βρίσκεται στα χέρια της αστυνομίας – η σύλληψη ατόμων που χρησιμοποιούν ουσίες δεν μειώνει τον αριθμό των χρηστών, αλλά τους εξωθεί να κα΄νουν χρήση με πιο ριψοκίνδυνους τρόπους, και να ξεφορτωθούν τις βελόνες τους όσο το δυνατόν πιο γρήγορα. Οι πιο παλιοί τρόποι καταπολέμησης των προβλημάτων των ναρκωτικών δεν έχουν αποτέλεσμα. Αυτή είναι μια καμπάνια προκειμένου να…

Drugreporter, in cooperation with seven other NGOs, proudly presents the new international campaign Room for Change—because we need to change the way we respond to urban drug problems.

Размянята на консумативи за инжектиране сред хората, които използват наркотици, крие рискове от заравяване с кръвнопреносими инфекции, като хепатит С и ХИВ. На използваните игли и спринцовки, изхвърлени по улиците, се гледа с много лошо око от хората, живеещи в района. Разрешаването на този проблем не зависи от полицията. Арестите на хората, които употребяват наркотици, не намаляват броя на употребяващите, но ги принуждават да приемат по по-рискови начини и да изхвърлят инструментите си възможно най-бързо. Старите методи за борба с проблемите с наркотиците не работят. Тази кампания намира нов…

Our video about the adventures of the drug consumption room in Athens. Made for the Room for Change and Support Don’t Punish Campaigns.

A blend of poverty and lack of education, coupled with public hypocrisy and the absence of any real and efficient policies – it’s a recipe for a lethal Romanian cocktail which could prove to be more dangerous for drug addicts than the drugs themselves. The number of hard drug users in the country is steadily rising, while their average age is falling, with consumption-related diseases spreading faster than ever. It’s a situation that requires an urgent change in public views and national policies.

The HCLU’s Drugreporter has warned that rates of hepatitis-C infection among injecting drug users in Budapest almost doubled between 2011 and 2014 – in a period when access to harm reduction programs rapidly decreased. Government politicians are still denying the reality, and accuse harm reduction advocates of exaggerating the problem.