{"id":6493,"date":"2015-06-26T11:28:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T11:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/we-need-room-for-change\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T12:02:56","slug":"we-need-room-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/we-need-room-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need Room for Change!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drugreporter, in cooperation with seven other NGOs, proudly presents the new international campaign Room for Change\u2014because we need to change the way we respond to urban drug problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ROOM FOR CHANGE - Coming on June 26, 2015!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_SLoLgwmPsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1987, the United Nations decided to observe June 26 as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking. For many years, this day was celebrated by some governments with anti-drug rituals, such as public burnings of seized drugs or televised executions of drug mules. In the last 10 years, however, June 26 has been turned into an day of action by civil society to promote drug policies based on human rights and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We need a new approach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, in cooperation with <a href=\"https:\/\/supportdontpunish.org\/\">Support. Don\u2019t Punish<\/a>, we launch a campaign in eight European cities\u2014Athens, Belgrade, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Porto, Sofia and Warsaw \u2014 to educate and mobilize the public to support innovative alternatives, such as drug consumption rooms, to punitive drug policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Room for Change campaign targets those people whose lives are affected by street drug use, either because they have a relative who uses drugs or because they live in a neighborhood where many people inject drugs. In each of the eight cities, there are huge problems related to injecting drug use: HIV and hepatitis infections, overdose deaths, drug litter and nuisance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/room-for-change.org\/\">campaign website<\/a> provides you with multimedia content from each city about the current situation and local challenges. To reduce these harms, we must take a new approach. Instead of criminalizing drug users and pushing them to the margins of society, we need programs that distribute sterile equipment and information, as well as create a safe and hygienic environment where people can use their drugs without harming themselves and without disturbing the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Drug consumption rooms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have learned from the experiences of cities like Zurich, Vancouver and Copenhagen that drug consumption rooms (DCRs) can serve as entry points to the treatment system. As such, DCRs are not a solution in itself: they work only if they are part of an integrated urban drug strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This drug strategy should be built on four pillars: prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and smart law enforcement. If cities create a drug coordination system and provide adequate budget to implement the &#8220;Four Pillars Drug Strategy,&#8221; we can significantly reduce drug problems. In our petition, to be sent to the decision makers of these eight cities, we urge them to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ask you to sign our online petition, to invite your friends to sign it, and to share our <a href=\"https:\/\/room-for-change.org\/\">campaign website<\/a> on Facebook and Twitter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drugreporter, in cooperation with seven other NGOs, proudly presents the new international campaign Room for Change\u2014because we need to change the way we respond to urban drug problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1005,"featured_media":6112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2900,2896,2894],"tags":[],"countries":[],"section":[],"video-author":[],"drug":[],"archive":[3223,3214,3219,3222],"video-series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-drugreporter-video-advocacy-network","9":"category-video-database","10":"archive-drug-consumption-rooms","11":"archive-drug-policy-and-law","12":"archive-european-drug-policy","13":"archive-harm-reduction","14":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/06\/rfc_liberties.png","author_info":{"display_name":"P\u00e9ter S\u00e1rosi","author_link":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/author\/sarosip-2\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We Need Room for Change! 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