Last time, we reported that Portugal is facing a very difficult situation due to the economic and financial crisis. The government claims that austerity measures must be introduced because of the international commitments of the country, and as a consequence, funding for harm reduction services has been cut back significantly. Although funding is still a huge problem (mostly because payments are late and NGOs are forced to close projects), the strong and coordinated advocacy efforts of civil society organizations seem to be bearing fruit.  

Our movie features the most debated issues at the 2012 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) – please watch and share!

In our video we show how we asked the Russian drug czar to explain why he banned the website of a Russian NGO, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation – send an email and urge him to lift the ban!

Watch and share our movie to raise awareness on the human rights consequences of the global war on drugs! Read more >>

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) announces a Call for Applications to its 5 day long Video Advocacy Training to be held in Budapest on 20-26 May 2012. Application deadline is 19 March, 2012.

Portugal is well known for its progressive drug policy – but the economic crisis may undermine effective harm reduction services in the country. Read a short report from our Portugese partner, APDES, and learn how NGOs fight to keep harm reduction on the agenda!

There is no consistency in our policies on drugs – says Ruth Dreifuss, the former president of the Swiss Federation

Our new movie shows how harm reduction breaks taboos and moves drug policy in a good direction in Lebanon!

It seems we need more than supply reduction and law enforcement to stop the flow of cheap research chemicals from China and India – an HCLU report on legal highs in Hungary

The Hungarian government decided to reject the progressive drug strategy of the country and to draft a new, prohibitionist one. The head of the Drug Policy Program of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union argues that this is an example how a government should NOT draft a drug strategy.