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Mar 6, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Civil Society Recommends the EU to Strengthen Drug Coordination

The Civil Society Forum on Drugs, an expert group of the EU Commission, is urging the Commission to provide adequate funding and staff to drug coordination and support demand and harm reduction interventions.

Mar 5, 2018

Алексей Курманаевский

Forced To Be Healthy

Cruel treatment and inhumane methods of rehabilitation centres in Tatarstan are revealed and discussed by doctor of medical sciences and former residents. Watch the video of Drug Users News, member of the Drugreporter video network.

Mar 1, 2018

Cara Lavan

Lugard’s Story – Why I’m Taking On Kenya’s Drug Laws

Anyone’s Child campaign gives a voice to families who have been impacted by drug policy. This time to Lugard from Kenya. Watch the short film produced by a member of the Drugreporter video network!

Feb 9, 2018

Péter Sárosi

“Our Countries Are Waiting for Future Tragedies That Are Preventable Now” – Interview with Iveta Chovancová

Iveta Chovancová is the director of Odyesus, a harm reduction NGO based in Bratislava, Slovakia. We interviewed her about trends in drug policies in her country.

Jan 29, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

The Drugreporter video team helped Coalition I Can Live, a Lithuanian drug policy reform NGO to launch a media campaign for the decriminalisation of drug use. Watch the movie we produced about drug policies in Lithuania – and read this interview with Laura Bliujiene, a lawyer working for the NGO!

Jan 27, 2018

Péter Sárosi

5 Common Myths Among Cannabis Smokers

We know that there are persistent myths about cannabis among opponents of reform, from the gateway drug theory to demotivational syndrome. But there are also myths among cannabis smokers.

Jan 24, 2018

Arsenijević Bojan

I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”

Read the story of Bojan Arsenijević’s (NGO Re Generation, Serbia) influencing experience about taking PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, which represents a combination of antiretroviral drugs that minimises the possibility of infection after accidental exposure to a potentially infectious material.

Jan 22, 2018

Karina Muscarina

Now and Then – Psychedelic Science 2017

How does the first wave of psychedelic research and science from the 1940s and 50s compare to what is ongoing today worldwide? 2017 saw the biggest international psychedelic conference that has ever taken place. Watch the video produced by the Mexican members of our global video network!

Jan 17, 2018

Péter Sárosi

Is Drug Policy Reform Possible Without Democracy?

An authoritarian government can scale up access to harm reduction and reform drug laws. But without a free and vibrant democratic society, drug policy reform cannot be truly meaningful and sustainable.

Jan 15, 2018

Péter Sárosi

“Norway Can Set the Standard for Nordic Countries” – Interview with Ina Spinnangr

Our interview with Ina Roll Spinnangr, the director of the Association for Safer Drug Policies, the NGO that organised the first Nordic Drug Policy Reform Conference last year.

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Civil Society Recommends the EU to Strengthen Drug Coordination

Forced To Be Healthy

Lugard’s Story – Why I’m Taking On Kenya’s Drug Laws

“Our Countries Are Waiting for Future Tragedies That Are Preventable Now” – Interview with Iveta Chovancová

Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

5 Common Myths Among Cannabis Smokers

I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”

Now and Then – Psychedelic Science 2017

Is Drug Policy Reform Possible Without Democracy?

“Norway Can Set the Standard for Nordic Countries” – Interview with Ina Spinnangr

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