Görlitzer Park in Berlin-Kreuzberg is the latest hot topic in the local media, due to ongoing problems that come with the massive scale of drug dealing and drug use there. Residents are no longer prepared to accept the situation as it stands. Politicians are trying to defuse the situation by making some unusual decisions.
Paying the Price for Harm Reduction Budget Cuts
Hungarian needle and syringe exchange programs are facing financial problems because the government is not budgeting enough money for harm reduction services. Experts predict this could result in dramatically increased prevalence of HIV/AIDS among injection drug users- such as that currently being experienced in Romania.
Providing education on harm reduction through the media
HCLU's European Drug Policy Initiative invited a group of journalists to cover the world's largest assembly on harm reduction. Find out how they covered the Harm Reduction International Conference in Vilnius.
BREAKING WORSE
A short video interview with Jean-Paul Grund on the drug ‘Krokodil.’ The interview was made on the occasion of a new and freely downloadable study, published in the International Journal on Drug Policy.
The war against the feeble
It is often said that society must be defended from drug users. But who defends drug users from society? A report from Bucharest, Romania.
Invitation to the International Drug Policy Reform Conference 2013
Ethan Nadelmann, the exexutive director of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is inviting you to Denver, where a biannual international drug policy reform conference will take place in October 23-26. This is a leading conference in the world for people who believe that the war on drugs is doing more harm than good.
The HCLU won two prizes at the Hungarian Kreatív Web Video Contest
We won the prize for the best Web Video documentary at the Hungarian Kreatív Magazine’s Annual contest, and we won the grand prize, a GoPro camera, for our humane approach to the issues we deal with.
Ethan Nadelmann: Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform
Ethan Nadelmann on harm reduction and drug policy reform – conflict, coexistence, or harmony? Watch the video we filmed at the international harm reduction conference in Vilnius!
Ukraine is winning the battle against HIV/AIDS, but still has to fight the war
Last year, for the first time since 1999, there was a decrease in the number of new HIV cases in Ukraine thanks to the harm reduction services financed by international donors – watch our video.
Harm Reduction Is More Than Syringes
A brief interview with John Peter Kools, the Chair of Harm Reduction International at the Harm Reduction 2013 conference in Vilnius.
