Drugreporter interviewed the former head of the European Commissions drug unit, Carel Edwards to discuss the chances of global shift on drug policies, how the EU deals with the psychoactive substances, and if more competence has to be given to Brussels in regulating drug issues.
How does a Cannabis Social Club work?
What was originally a small group of friends, has become a feasible alternative to the cannabis black market in the north of Belgium. Our guest author guides us through Antwerp’s cannabis social club.
Bulgaria after US marijuana legalization
Just days after cannabis was legalised in Colorado and Washington states, regulation of weed became a new hot issue in Bulgaria, after two fundamentally different poll results were published.
HCLU Video Advocacy Training 2012 alumni are successfully making videos
The HCLU organised a video training in May 2012 to teach 14 harm reduction and drug policy activists how to use video in activism. Now we have selected some of the movies they have made.
Portugal: Challenges of A Model Country with Harm Reduction
The availability of syringes through the Portuguese National Program for Needle Exchange was temporarily at risk, despite the country’s reputation for having one of the most progressive European drug policies.
An insight into the work of a harm reduction NGO in Portugal
Drugreporter proudly presents the second part of HCLU’s documentary on Portugal’s reformist drug policy approach.
Legally wasted, officially lost: Romania struggles with the designer drug phenomenon
Legal highs have entered and reshaped recreational drug markets throughout Europe, confusing policy makers, law enforcers and users alike. In one Eastern-European country, injecting drug users have radically changed their habits.
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International drug policy reform and harm reduction activists explain why you should support Drugreporter’s unique video advocacy work!
Debating the next EU drug strategy
Real decriminalization efforts are still lagging behind in Europe because of foot-dragging on the part of member states, Drugreporter learned at a Brussels conference dedicated to the EU's next drug strategy.
“Drugs: the end of war?” – Global Commission on Drug Policy meets
Prominent Polish politicians and celebrities have expressed their belief in the need for a move away from prohibition-based drug policies and the promotion of a science-based approach, under the umbrella of The Global Commission on Drug Policy.
