The thematic working group on civil society involvement of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs, an expert group of the EU Commission, conducted this review of literature on meaningful civil society involvement in the field of drug policy.
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Harm Reduction in Athens – With the Eye of an Outsider
Seven years after our last visit, we returned to Athens to film about harm reduction in Greece, with a special focus on the first drug consumption room. Read our article and watch the movie we produced!
Poland
EDPI Partner from Poland
Agnieszka Sieniawska
Master of Law, lawyer at the Polish Drug Policy Network’s Ombudsman for Addicts Program, and Jump 93 Association, chairwoman of the Polish Drug Policy Network
She conducts the Ombudsman for Addicts program. Within the project, she provides legal advice and draws up pleadings for people with legal problems or questions associated with drug use, drug addiction or possession of illicit psychoactive substances. In addition, in cooperation with other lawyers, she coordinates a team of 10 Warsaw University students, who also give legal advice to the same target group on behalf of the Law Clinic’s special section for Harm Reduction. The Ombudsman’s Office is also involved in interventions aimed at improving the quality of addiction treatment in Poland and changing the system of treatment, which up to now has been mainly informed by the abstinence principle. Initially, the Ombudsman Program dealt with legal advice (not traditionally understood to be the role of an ombudsman, but necessary, because provision for free legal aid for people who use drugs in our country is still sketchy, in spite of research indicating high needs in this area). The collected material of the Ombudsman for Addicts program has become an important element in the debate initiated by the Polish Drug Policy Network. It is also a source of information, which monitors rights violations and their causes.
Agnieszka Sieniawska is chairwoman of the Polish Drug Policy Network, a civil initiative dating from 2008. The main objectives of the Network are the following: first, to amend drug legislation, which currently penalises possession of any drug by 3 years’ imprisonment (art. 62.1 of the Act on counteracting drug addiction); and, secondly, to increase access to substitution treatment (in Poland, only 7% of those in need, are able to access substitution treatment) and expand the offer of substitution treatment programs by introducing new medicines. The Polish Drug Policy Network is a group of experts – addiction treatment specialists, doctors, lawyers, prison workers, social workers, teachers, and representatives of NGOs, as well as users. Together, they aspire to change drug legislation in Poland – the most restrictive in Europe.
In recent years, the Polish Drug Policy Network has been involved in the amendment of the draconian Polish law. It has also supported the move tof humanise drug legislation, based on harm reduction principles and respect for Human Rights. The Polish model of treating people with addictions needs to be improved significantly. Local governments, and the National Health Fund in charge of local drug policies, need to respect and implement the priorities identified in national strategies for addressing drug problems. On 9th December 2011, the new Law on Counteracting Drug Addiction entered into force – a small step towards liberalising national regulations. The new law gives prosecutors the option to decide against legal proceedings, if the level of social harm of the criminal act is very low. It opens a small window for both occasional drug users and problematic users, who will not have to be sentenced to imprisonment (but may instead be, for example, referred for treatment). The efforts of the Polish Drug Policy Network and the Ombudsman Program have also borne other fruit, in the shape of a methadone maintenance program in Gdansk. Addicts from the Pomerania region had been waiting nine years for such a program to be introduced.
Polish Drug Policy Network’s website: www.politykanarkotykowa.pl
Drug Policy in Macedonia: From Punitive Laws, Towards a Public Health Approach
Even though Macedonia has decriminalised the possession of drugs for personal use, there remain many anomalies in the related regulations. Read our guest author's insights on what has to be done to make the country's laws serve the best interests of public health.
5 Reasons Why We Cannot Make the World Drug-free – Just Say Know Series, Episode 3.
In March 2019 governments will discuss global drug policies in Vienna at the Commission on Narcotics Drugs. This is our message to them. If you have 4 minutes to learn why the global war on drugs is an utter failure, please watch this short video!
Epicurus and the Philosophy of Harm Reduction
We can find the basic tenets of what we call harm reduction today in an Ancient Greek philosopher’s on how to maximise pleasures and minimise risks.
Dose of Science: The Role Of The 5-HT2A Receptor In Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens are known to affect cognition, perception and emotions; we still, however, know little about how these drugs produce their mind-altering effects. Hallucinogenic action is thought to occur by binding and activating a subtype of serotonin receptor, called the 2A. In this edition of Dose of Science, we look at a recent paper which demonstrates the role of this receptor during psychedelic experiences.
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Legalisation of Marijuana is a Political Taboo in Bulgaria
Bulgarian society seems to be in a state of apathy when it comes to decriminalisation of drug use. Neither a so-called “reform” of the drugs law (making it harsher than ever), nor an outrageous fine for the pro-legalisation Green party, was a loud enough wake-up call for Bulgaria to distance itself from the current punishment-based approach. Read the guest article from human rights expert journalist Krassen Nikolov.
Make-or-break year in HIV prevention in Bulgaria: The “Goodwill” campaign
A joint campaign by Bulgarian NGOs is warning that by the end of 2015, Bulgaria will completely lose its HIV prevention services. Read what needs to be done to keep rates of infection low in this Balkan country.