Ruth Dreifuss, the former president of Switzerland points out that time has come to a broader understanding of harm reduction, beyond public health – watch our video!
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For Many It’s a Job, But For Us It’s Our Lives
A powerful message from the drug user community to the international harm reduction community: nothing about us without us – watch our video!
Former Polish President: I Was Wrong
The former president of Poland, Alexander Kwasniewski apologized for supporting the criminalization of drug users in his speech at the opening session of the international harm reduction conference
Harm Reduction Is More Than Syringes
A brief interview with John Peter Kools, the Chair of Harm Reduction International at the Harm Reduction 2013 conference in Vilnius.
Will Poland allow medical marijuana use?
Despite a growing number of countries allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, is the Warsaw government still on the side of prohibition? A glimmer of hope appeared recently, but will it be enough to allow those who need the plant in order to be cured?
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).
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.
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.
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?
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.