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Nov 23, 2022

Péter Sárosi

Harm Reduction in Athens – With the Eye of an Outsider

Seven years after our last visit, we returned to Athens to film about harm reduction in Greece, with a special focus on the first drug consumption room. Read our article and watch the movie we produced!

Nov 9, 2022

István Gábor Takács

THE BLACK INITIATIVE: Fighting Brazil’s Racist Drug War

The war on drugs is an instrument of racism, which incites violence and hinders democratic development in Brazil. Watch our new short documentary to find out how a black civil society organization in Brazil, Iniciativa Negra, takes up the fight against this war on people.

Oct 19, 2022

Péter Sárosi

How Will Czechia Legalise Cannabis?

The Czech Republic is the first country in Central-Eastern Europe that announced to make the non-medical use of cannabis legal. In this episode of Drugreporter Café, we present an interview with Jindrich Voboril, the National Drug Coordinator, who explained us how they will regulate the legal market.

Aug 19, 2022

Péter Sárosi

The Hypocrisy of Shaming the Finnish Prime Minister

There has been a media outcry about a leaked video in which the Finnish Prime Minister is partying with her friends. She is now accused of using cocaine. This whole scandal is a textbook example of what’s wrong with our attitudes to young people and drugs.

Aug 15, 2022

István Gábor Takács

Drugreporter News | 2022 August

Drug policy news from around the world! In this episode: Brittney Griner Is Sentenced to 9 Years in a Russian Penal Colony. Colombia’s first leftist president says war on drugs has failed. Joint Statement of Three EU Ministers on Cannabis Reform. Civil Society Demands Balanced EU Funding for Drug Policies. New Drug Decriminalisation E-Course.

Jul 28, 2022

Péter Sárosi

Civil Society Demands Balanced EU Funding for Drug Policies

Civil society organisations sent an open letter to the EU Commission to criticise the new call for drug policy grant proposals that almost only focuses on law enforcement and excludes harm reduction.

Jul 11, 2022

Péter Sárosi

Alternatives to Criminal Sanctions for Drug Offenders in Hungary: A Short Overview

This brief overview of the Hungarian system of diversion from the criminal justice system (elterelés) was prepared and submitted to contribute to the assessment of the European Commission on alternatives to criminal sanctions for drug offenders in Europe (PDF).

Jul 4, 2022

Péter Sárosi

Drugs Don’t Kill: Bad Drug Policies Do

“Drugs can kill” – This is how the preface of the newly published World Drug Report, written by the director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime – the Egyptian Ghada Waly – begins. But is it drugs or bad drug policies that kill people?

Jun 14, 2022

István Gábor Takács

SWIT Animated Video Digest

Drugreporter and SWAN – The Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) co-produced this new animated series, based on the 6 chapters of “SWIT, The Sex Worker Implementation Tool.”

Jun 13, 2022

István Gábor Takács

LEt’s Talk about drugs – new MEthods of communication with youth (LET ME)

This short video summarises the activities of the “LET ME” Erasmus+ project.

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Harm Reduction in Athens – With the Eye of an Outsider

THE BLACK INITIATIVE: Fighting Brazil’s Racist Drug War

How Will Czechia Legalise Cannabis?

The Hypocrisy of Shaming the Finnish Prime Minister

Drugreporter News | 2022 August

Civil Society Demands Balanced EU Funding for Drug Policies

Alternatives to Criminal Sanctions for Drug Offenders in Hungary: A Short Overview

Drugs Don’t Kill: Bad Drug Policies Do

SWIT Animated Video Digest

LEt’s Talk about drugs – new MEthods of communication with youth (LET ME)

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