An update about how access to harm reduction programs changed in European cities after the lockdown measures were lifted between the first and second waves of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Lithuania
The Rising Wave
“The Rising Wave” is a movie about the organization from Lithuania “Young Wave” (“Jauna Banga” in Lithuanian), which deals with the use of psychoactive substances by young people.
Harm Reduction Responses to COVID-19 in Europe: Regularly Updated Infopage
On this info page Drugreporter provides regular updates about resources and news on how harm reduction service providers respond to the COVID-19 Epidemic.
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!
What Happened with the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN)?
After the office was raided and computers were seized, the members of the staff and the Steering Committee announced their resignation from EHRN. Is this the end of the network? No, it is only the end of EHRN as an organisation but the network is alive and well. Another NGO has been registered to provide […]
The Baltic Trip Trilogy
Watch three short videos produced by Drug User News at Drugreporter, about the state of drug policy and harm reduction in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
Video Advocacy Workshop on Video
All the presentations of the workshop titled “Low threshold digital video storytelling for harm reduction advocacy, activism, and education” are now available on video. The workshop was held in Vilnius at the International Harm Reduction Conference.
Ethan Nadelmann: Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform
Ethan Nadelmann on harm reduction and drug policy reform – conflict, coexistence, or harmony? Watch the video we filmed at the international harm reduction conference in Vilnius!
Harm Reduction 2013 – Our Conference Video
The Drugreporter’s video report from the international harm reduction conference – remorseful politicians, skeptical researchers and activists without borders
Ukraine is winning the battle against HIV/AIDS, but still has to fight the war
Last year, for the first time since 1999, there was a decrease in the number of new HIV cases in Ukraine thanks to the harm reduction services financed by international donors – watch our video.
