The media monitoring and mistake correcting program has been awarded in Wienna last week.
Harm Reduction
Sam Sullivan: Drug Addiction as a Management Issue
Sam Sullivan, Mayor of Vancouver speaks about drug addiction as a management issue at the DPA Conference, New Orleans.
Hungary: Risky Substances and Dangerous Drug Policies
HCLU won a Freedom of information lawsuit against the Hungarian Ministry of Health for withholding a position paper on the dangerousness of illicit substances. After receiving the document HCLU issued a comprehensive study as a critique.
Harm Reduction Conference in Hungary
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and the Hungarian Harm Reduction Association organized a training and conference for service providers in Budapest.
Prosecutors close criminal investigation against needle exchange worker
Short report on the „needle exchange case”, as appeared in the CEEHRN July news digest.
International civil society denounce UN meeting on AIDS as a failure
Civil society groups from around the world denounced the final UN Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, released after marathon negotiations during the UN High Level meeting on AIDS this week.
INCB: a biased report
HCLU criticises the 2005 report of the INCB because of its negative attitude to harm reduction and decriminalization.
Konsumraum Nidda 49 – The Frankfurt Example of Harm Reduction II.
Interview with Josch Steinmetz, the project manager of the largest safe consumption room in Frankfurt. The interview has been bupblished in the Addictologia Hungarica.
Hungarian drug reform activist at bar
Peter Juhasz, activist of the Hemp Seed Association (Kendermag Egyesület) came on for a trial on Monday in a landmark case.
The ambulance should not inform the police in overdose cases
Following successful HCLU campaign, the Hungarian National Ambulance Service instructs its staff not to inform the police in drug related emergency cases.
