Bijay Pandey is a drug user activist from Nepal, a member of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD, www.inpud.org) his group operates a syringe exchange program which is not officially supported by the government. He emphasizes the importance of media advocacy for user groups.
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French Senate Gives Green Light to Drug Consumption Rooms
After a heated debate, Senators have decided to approve an experimental project to provide a safer environment for drug users, in order to prevent death and disease.
“We are the Keepers of the Light”
HCLU’s film on the candlelight vigil organized by the DPA in Albuquerque, New Mexico
BerLUN – Russian-speaking ‘Berliner’ People Who Use Drugs
A film about people from post-Soviet countries who devoted their lives to activism in the field of harm reduction, but for one reason or another were forced to leave their countries. Watch the film of DU News, member of the Drugreporter video network about BerLUN!
Lack Of Funding And Hidden Epidemic In Sofia, Bulgaria
DU News, member of the Drugreporter video network visited last summer the harm reduction services of Sofia, Bulgaria and filmed its findings. Watch the video and learn more about what kind of problems can be caused by the lack of funding!
“More Needs To Be Done To Reach The Most Vulnerable” – An Interview With David Liddell, Head Of The Scottish Drugs Forum
Scotland has witnessed a dramatic increase in overdose deaths and HIV infections among injecting drug users. Policy-makers in Glasgow are reported to be considering a proposal to open the first supervised injection site, in response to the epidemics. We interviewed David Liddell, the director of the Scottish Drugs Forum, to learn more about the situation!
The Netherlands
EDPI Partner from Holland
Nicole Maalsté (1966) is social scientist and studies the cannabis market and other illegal (drugs) markets for more than twenty years. In 1993 her first book ‘Het Kruid, de Krant en de Kroongetuigen’ appeared , a compilation of stories about cannabis in the Netherlands from 1950-1970. Maalsté worked at several research offices and universities, from which she conducted tens of studies and advices on drug related issues. In 2004 the book Polderwiet appeared, a collection of 18 portraits of people working in de the cannabis market, that she wrote together with journalist Michiel Panhuysen. At the moment she works at a criminological dissertation on the cannabis market that will be finished in the beginning of 2010.
Maalsté is related to the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) as Dutch coordinator of the project “European Drug Policy Initiative” and works as a post-doc at the university of Tilburg. Besides she works as a freelance-journalist for Highlife and she published regularly in several scientific and professional journals about drug related problems. Furthermore she works together with Maaik Krijgsman and Hans pool on a documentary film about ‘Nederwiet’ (Dutch marihuana), which is inspired on Polderwiet.
Public poll results on attitudes to drug policy
Nicole Maalste, E-mail: nmaalste @ gmail.com
FORGET THE MYTHS – GET THE FACTS
The truth is that the criminalization of drug use does not lead to less drug users
President Jokowi, We (Want To) Love You!
The Indonesian president declared a war on people who use drugs. Community activists responded with a short video, explaining why the hate campaign launched by the government is ineffective and wrong. Please support their fight by watching and sharing this movie!
Hungary
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is a law reform and legal defence public interest NGO in Hungary, working independently of political parties, the state or any if its institutions. HCLU’s aim is to promote the case of fundamental rights and principles laid down by the Constitution of the Republic of Hungary and by international conventions. Generally it has the goal of building and strengthening the civil society and rule of law in Hungary and the CEE region. Since HCLU is an independent non-profit organization the financial resources are largely provided by foundations and more and more likely by individuals.
The members and supporters of the HCLU
The highest body of the HCLU is the General Assembly. The general meeting selects the members of the Executive Committee. The members of the Executive Committee administer the daily work of HCLU, they elect the President the Union, and they may recommend for the General Assembly the adoption of new members. The members of the Executive Committee and the permanent staff of HCLU carry the daily affairs of HCLU. They discharge the publicly announced services, and they formulate HCLU position on key issues of legal policy.
A Board of Advisors assists the work of the Executive Committee. The Board consists of renowned jurists, lawyers and physicians with whom we have evolved daily working relations. It is the duty of the Board of Supervisors – whose members are elected by the General Assembly – to supervise the activities and financial operation of the Executive Committee.
Public poll results on attitudes to drug policy
E-mail: gy.folk_at_tasz.hu