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Drug Policy and Law

Drug laws in most countries of the world follow the principle defined by the three international drug conventions (1961, 1971, 1988), that is, they prohibit the non-medical and non-scientific use of some mind altering drugs. This principle is not only outdated but it has become anachronistic: the reality is that millions of people use mind altering substances for recreational purposes and most of them do not experience significant harms from drug use. What is more, many harms people do experience are directly connected to the war on drugs, which created a lucrative black market that only benefits criminal organisations. A drug-free world is an illusion, drug policies should be aimed at reducing the harms of drug use and drug policies instead. We believe that drug use should not be punished and drugs should be regulated as legal products, adjusted to the specific characteristics and risks of those drugs.     

Forced To Be Healthy

March 5, 2018 by Алексей Курманаевский

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.

Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene

January 29, 2018 by Péter Sárosi

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!   

5 Common Myths Among Cannabis Smokers

January 27, 2018 by Péter Sárosi

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.

Is Drug Policy Reform Possible Without Democracy?

January 17, 2018 by Péter Sárosi

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.

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

January 15, 2018 by Péter Sárosi

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.

A Year Long Battle for Transparent Policy Making

January 12, 2018 by Irena Molnar

Amendments of the Law on Psychoactive and Controlled Substances in Serbia. Read about the controversial and not-transparent process of the adoption of the amendments, and the fight of NGOs to be involved.

2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference:  Race & the Drug War

January 9, 2018 by Péter Sárosi

The Drugreporter video team was invited by the Drug Policy Alliance to their conference in Atlanta to produce a film about the latest developments in drug policy in the US and beyond. You can now watch our short summary movie on race and the drug war, as well as recorded key speeches and sessions!   […]

Hydra and Heracles: Lessons Not Learned

December 21, 2017 by Adam Stasiak

How the Polish Ministry of Health wants to fight new psychoactive substances. Analogy with the myth of the Hydra and Heracles.

Towards Humane Drug Policies in Asia

December 18, 2017 by Péter Sárosi

A report from a drug policy conference in Macau, where we visited a high-tech methadone clinic, a drop-in centre, and interviewed many brave Asian activists who are working on reducing the harms of drug use and drug laws.

Polish Drug Policy in Numbers

November 10, 2017 by Adam Stasiak

“The numbers show us that the current Polish drug policy is not working,” says Adam Stasiak from the Polish Drug Policy Network.

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