Iveta Chovancová is the director of Odyesus, a harm reduction NGO based in Bratislava, Slovakia. We interviewed her about trends in drug policies in her country.
Opiate Substitution
Towards Humane Drug Policies in Asia
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.
Macedonia Must Scale Up Access to Treatment
“An example of not learning from good practice.” Darko Kostovski, a psychiatrist from Skopje, highlights the problems the clients of opiate substitution treatment face in Macedonia.
Harm Reduction in Macedonia
Healthy Options Project Skopje (Macedonia) has launched a new campaign to save underfunded harm reduction programmes which are a huge success in the region. Watch the video we produced with them and learn more!
A Day In The Life: The World Of Humans Who Use Drugs – The Full Movie
We are glad to publish our documentary movie featuring one day in the life of people who use drugs from seven cities around the world!
The HR17 Sessions
Watch 7 full sessions filmed at the 25th Harm Reduction International Conference!
Drugreporter Film Sessions at the Harm Reduction International Conference: Call For Submissions!
The Rights Reporter Foundation and Harm Reduction International now welcomes entries to the Drugreporter Film Sessions at the 25th Harm Reduction International Conference!/Rights Reporter Foundation et Harm Reduction International accueillent les propositions de films et de vidéos pour les séances Drugreporter à la 25e Conférence internationale en réduction des méfaits!
Harm Reduction: Pragmatism and Radicalism
An interview with Ricardo Fuertes, a young psychologist, about his experiences at working in the harm reduction field in Barcelona and Lisbon.
Harm Reduction in Vienna
The reporters of our Russian language video blog, DUnews, visited Vienna in March to find out what Eastern-European and Central-Asian countries can learn from its advanced urban harm reduction system. Read their report and watch their video!
Where Do Poles Inject? – The “Room for Change” Campaign in Poland
Public discussion of harm reduction in Poland – especially the country's attitude to injecting drug users – is stuck in the 1990s. Read what needs to be done, in terms of the realities described by Polish drug policy experts, to save lives and lower the costs of treating users.
