A new education video series, a training for activists in Bangkok, filming the Canadian drug policy conference and advocacy at the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs – 2018 was an eventful year in the life of the Rights Reporter Foundation and its drug policy website, Drugreporter. Please explore our activities in our new annual report!
You can either download the report by clicking on this link, or you can read it online with ISUU below!
Count the Costs
In 2011 the United Nations celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the first international treaty prohibiting (some) drugs. Several NGOs, including the HCLU, launched "The War on Drugs: Count the Costs", an international campaign that calls on governments and international agencies to meaningfully evaluate the unintended consequences of the war on drugs and explore evidence-based alternatives. Transform, a UK-based drug policy think thank identified 7 major costs of the global drug war: it undermines health and security, threatens public health by spreading disease and death, undermines human rights, promotes discrimination and stigma, creates crime and enrich criminals, leads to deforestation and pollution and wastes billions of dollars on drug law enforcement. The HCLU has produced thematic movies to illustrate these costs and raise awareness on the alternatives of current drug control policies. Join the campaign at www.countthecosts.org!
Drug Policy Museum in Mexico
“The goal was to show the effects and repercussions of drug policy worldwide, but with a special focus on Latin America.” Video and article about the Drug Policy Museum in Mexico City by Karina Muscarina and Fanny Pineda, partner of the Drugreporter.
Polish Drug Policy by Numbers
On average, someone is arrested every three hours in Poland on suspicion of drug possession, most often during a routine street frisk.
Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor
Our video report from the panel discussion “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor”
The Drug War Undermines Security and Development – COUNT THE COSTS SERIES
Please watch and share the latest of our Count the Costs campaign movie serials!
HCLU wins two first prizes in the 2012 Web Video Contest of Kreatív Magazin
Our video “The Human Rights Costs of the War on Drugs” has won first prize for best online video series. Our Hungarian language animated promotional video won first prize in the ‘PR video’ category
Addicted to Stigma – COUNT THE COSTS SERIES
One of the worst negative consequences of the global war on drugs is stigma – watch our movie and count the costs with us!
The Human Rights Costs of the War on Drugs – COUNT THE COSTS SERIES
Watch and share our movie to raise awareness on the human rights consequences of the global war on drugs! Read more >>
Count the Costs with Former Presidents!
There is no consistency in our policies on drugs – says Ruth Dreifuss, the former president of the Swiss Federation
Street Action in Bulgaria: Count the Costs!
Initiative for Health, a harm reduction NGO, organized the first street action in Bulgaria to promote drug policy reform. The event was part of a coordinated international advocacy campaign of the European Drug Policy Initiative – please read the report of our Bulgarian partner!
