Please watch our video interview with a Catalan cannabis activist, about how political attitudes to cannabis are changing in Spain.
Film Festival Call for Submissions
The Indivor International Harm Reduction Film Festival 2015 will be a highlight of the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since 2010, the Festival has been concurrently run for the general public.
The Myth of a Final Solution in the War Against Legal Highs
"Legal highs: could this be the end of the road?" – asks Joe Shuts in his article, published in The Telegraph. He refers to the new blanket ban the UK government has recently introduced to stop the flood of so-called legal highs, new psychoactive substances which have been spreading all over Europe since 2009. Should other governments follow the British example and adopt similar bans? The answer has to be a resounding "No".
We Need Room for Change!
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.
Cannabis – Healer or Killer?
During the last few months in Poland, cannabis has been receiving a good deal of attention. This is a result of a few events – both positive and negative – which have placed the issue of cannabis regulation in the mainstream media limelight.
The Battle for Harm Reduction Continues in Budapest
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.
Why Was Ibogaine Banned in Hungary?
The Hungarian government banned 42 new psychoactive substances this year – but some of them are not new at all, for example Ibogaine. The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union is suing a government agency for not providing access to the assessment reports on the risks of these drugs.
Fight HIV, Not Drug Users!
A new movie by Dhojo Wahengbam on the severe rights violations committed against people who use drugs in Manipur.
Video Report of the UN Drug Debate
This March, our video advocacy team attended the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the largest drug policy gathering in the world, to find out how governments and NGOs feel about the prospects of drug policy reform. We produced a series of short thematic videos, to give you an overview of the current state of political debate on the burning issues of international drug control.
Second Needle and Syringe Program Shut Down in Budapest
It is a dark time for harm reduction in Hungary: another life-saving service has fallen victim to political paranoia.
