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May 28, 2013

István Gábor Takács

The Global Drug Prohibition Regime: Half a Century of Failed Policymaking?

Video of the discussion forum at the CEU in Budapest with Wolfgang Reinicke (CEU), Sandeep Chawla (UNODC), Niamh Eastwood (Release), Martin Jelsma (TNI) and Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch (OSF).

May 23, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Struggles of drug users in the Serbian healthcare system

Injecting drug users in Serbia face serious discrimination, in spite of apparent protection from the country's legal system, and its ambitions on the EU stage.

May 15, 2013

István Gábor Takács

APDES: Prohibition on legal highs will not work

In this article, EDPI's Portuguese partner organization, APDES, argues against the recent ban on legal highs. They claim that prohibition will only drive the legal-highs trade underground, making it far harder to deal with.

Apr 26, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Methamphetamine trade on rise at German-Czech border

Methamphetamine consumption is on the rise in Germany – supplied primarily from the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. But what's behind the recent success of this cheap and addictive substance?

Apr 24, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Colored City: Recreational drug use in Belgrade

How does the Belgrade underground party scene look like trough the eyes on a local anthropologist – read the story of our Serbian EDPI partner.

Apr 17, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Media scholarships – call for application

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is offering 10 media scholarships to eligible journalists to attend the International Harm Reduction Conference 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Apr 11, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Queen of the ‘Legal Highs’

Mephedrone has proved to be the most successful of the recent wave of novel psychoactive drugs to have appeared on the European recreational market. The only ‘legal high’ to have managed to enter users’ repertoires even after being banned in most countries, it also raised the question of how ‘phantom’ narcotics are to be dealt with.

Apr 11, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Evo Morales at the CND in 2013

Watch the full speech of Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, march 2013. Now with English and Spanish subtitles.

Apr 10, 2013

Péter Sárosi

Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor

Our video report from the panel discussion “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor”

Apr 1, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Portugal Bans Legal Highs

Following the example of many other EU member states, Portugal has recently approved a restrictive law on legal highs – threatening to push the use of new psychoactive substances into the shadows.

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The Global Drug Prohibition Regime: Half a Century of Failed Policymaking?

Struggles of drug users in the Serbian healthcare system

APDES: Prohibition on legal highs will not work

Methamphetamine trade on rise at German-Czech border

Colored City: Recreational drug use in Belgrade

Media scholarships – call for application

Queen of the ‘Legal Highs’

Evo Morales at the CND in 2013

Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor

Portugal Bans Legal Highs

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