The Drugreporter Podcast

This conference session will explore the evolving cannabis policies in Europe and the role of harm reduction in these regulatory shifts. It will cover key findings from studies in Switzerland, Germany, and France, examining how regulated cannabis access impacts user behavior and public health. The session will highlight Switzerland's pilot projects on regulated cannabis sales and discuss the broad...

For more than 30 years, Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) have been implemented in Western countries. These services, typically aim to reduce overdose-related morbidity and mortality, prevent the spread of infectious diseases and provide access to a broad range of medical and social support services. As frontline, low-threshold services, DCRs are also often among the first sites where insights into ne...

Despite the fact that drug checking services have been provided for a long time in many countries, such as the Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain, and Switzerland, they all operate in a legal grey area. It basically means that they’re not explicitly illegal – but they’re not legal either. In 2022, Aotearoa New Zealand became the first country in the world to fully legalise drug checking...

The session provides an overview of the status and progress made in the EECA region to respond to the changing drug scene with medication assisted treatments that have developed in the last several years.  The session will provide an overview of the drug scene in EECA and its most recent changes.  It will highlight the case of Ukraine that managed to deliver life-saving OAT during the war and even...

This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the shifting global human rights landscape responding to key consequences of the “war on drugs” on the lives of people who use drugs. International and regional experts will overview key documents and on the urgent need for reform that prioritizes health, justice, and dignity for individuals, impacted by punitive drug laws.  The session will ex...

This session will address the European Drug Policy situation in the EU and the neighboring countries and discuss trends, challenges and advocacy needs. Alexis Goosdeel (Director EUDA) will provide an overview of the current European drug trends and developments and set the scene for a panel discussion with experts, consisting of national and European policy and decision makers, civil society and c...

The Opening Session · Tony Duffin, Ana Liffey Drug Project  (Moderator) · President Aleksander Kwasniewski · Municipality of Warsaw Authorities · Katrin Schiffer, Director, C-EHRN · Magdalena Bartnik · Daphne Chronopoulou The opening session of the European Harm Reduction Conference 2024 in Warsaw will warmly welcome participants to the beautiful and vibrant City of Warsaw. This session will provi...

DAVID NICHOLS, PHD is Professor of Pharmacology at Purdue University and Co-founder of the Heffter Research Institute in the USA. Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands. https://www.icpr-conference.com/ https://drugreporter.net Questions: 0:00 Intro 0:05 What are psychedelics? How do they affect our brain? 3:42 Why are the Sero...

KATRIN PRELLER, PhD is a Neuroscientist and Laboratory Head at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  https://www.icpr-conference.com/ https://drugreporter.net Questions: 0:00 Intro 0:05 Please introduce yourself and your work! 2:38 So what is the practical importance of this kind of r...

PAUL STAMETS is a Mycologist and Founder of Fungi Perfecti in the USA. Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Paul Stamets is a world-renowned mycologist, featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary,  Fantastic Fungi . In our interview he explains why he thinks that psychedelic mushrooms can help humankind to survive the crisis o...

JOOST BREEKSEMA is the Executive Director of the OPEN Foundation in the Netherlands. Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands. https://www.icpr-conference.com/ Questions: 0:00 Intro 0:05 Where are we and what is this conference about? 0:18 Why did you organise this conference? 0:48 What has happened since the last conference, tha...

The UN drug treaties prohibited the use of coca leaf but Andean people are now promoting its re-legalisation. We asked Cesar Aguilar Alcedo, a member of the Bolivian delegation at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, to explain why. Drugreporter (EN): https://www.drugreporter.net/ Facebook (HU): https://www.facebook.com/drogriporter/ Facebook (EN): https://www.facebook.com/drugreporter/ Instagram...

You have likely heard of a group of new synthetic substances, Nitazines, increasingly sold on illicit drug markets in North America and in Europe. We interviewed Shayla Schlossenberg, Drug Service Coordinator at Release, a UK-based drug policy and human rights NGO. Drugreporter (EN): https://www.drugreporter.net/ Facebook (HU): https://www.facebook.com/drogriporter/ Facebook (EN): https://www.face...

In this interview, produced at the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna this year, we asked Arild Knutsen, the head of the Association for Humane Drug Policy (FHN) about drug policy reform developments in Norway. Drugreporter (EN): https://www.drugreporter.net/ Facebook (HU): https://www.facebook.com/drogriporter/ Facebook (EN): https://www.facebook.com/drugreporter/ Instagram (HU): https:/...

In this interview, filmed at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we discussed current developments of cannabis policy reform in Europe with Tom Blickman from the Transnational Institute.  Drugreporter (EN): https://www.drugreporter.net/ Facebook (HU): https://www.facebook.com/drogriporter/ Facebook (EN): https://www.facebook.com/drugreporter/ Instagram (HU): https://www.instagram.com/drogriporter...

Drug use is now re-criminalised in Oregon - what are the lessons learnt for drug reformers? We interviewed Theshia Naido, Legal Director at the Drug Policy Alliance. 00:00 Intro 00:10 Will Oregon Re-criminalise drug possession? 00:50 How does it make you feel, why did it happen? 3:33 What is the real reason for increased overdoses? 4:33 Was re-criminlasition based on genuine conncerns of citizens,...

In this short film, produced at the 67th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, we give you an overview of the latest developments of drug policy reform across the globe. Topics: Interesting issues at the CND in 2024. Marie Nougier, IDPC What is decriminalisaton? Niamh Eastwood, Release, UK What is re-criminalisation and what happened in Oregon? Theshia Naidoo, DPA, USA Is decriminalisat...

Navigating Tensions and Contradictions: addressing human rights challenges related to the lack of, and the unequal access to, treatment and harm reduction JUDY CHANG | INPUD RAPHAEL NAEGELI | H.E. Ambassador, Switzerland MONICA CIUPAGEA | UNODC ANGELA MCBRIDE | SANPUD JINDRICH VOBORIL | National Drug Policy Coordinator, Czech Republic PALANI NARAYANAN | Malaysian AIDS Foundation PROF. ALAN MILLER...

The full title of the event: Exploring legal regulation as a tool to promote human rights and secure health and security in Europe. Discussions around the legal regulation of drugs have recently emerged with more force than ever across Europe. With the risk of new synthetic drugs entering the European markets and the growing influence and violence of organised crime, the need to explore new policy...

Cops call out for psychedelic drugs to be used in therapy of post traumatic stress disorder, that policeman suffer as a result of fighting the futile war on drugs. Organised by the Law Enforcement Action Partnership at the 2024 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Drugreporter (EN): https://www.drugreporter.net/ Facebook (HU): https://www.facebook.com/drogriporter/ Facebook (EN): https://www.facebook....

Drugreporter interviewed Jason Eligh, senior analyst of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Oranized Crime, to learn about the health and social impact of cannabis legalization in Canada. More info: https://drogriporter.hu/en/video-series/drugreporter-cafe/ Drugreporter (EN): https://www.drugreporter.net/ Facebook (HU): https://www.facebook.com/drogriporter/ Facebook (EN): https://www.face...

In February 2023 SPRG held a 3 day Celebration of Scotland's Indigenous Apothecary encompassing cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms, as well as other healing plants indigenous to the Scottish land. The events were organised to coincide with the international movement #thankyouplantmedicine. They collaborated with the Scottish Cannabis Consortium, the University of Edinburgh, and many other organisat...

In February 2023 SPRG held a 3 day Celebration of Scotland's Indigenous Apothecary encompassing cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms, as well as other healing plants indigenous to the Scottish land. The events were organised to coincide with the international movement #thankyouplantmedicine. They collaborated with the Scottish Cannabis Consortium, the University of Edinburgh, and many other organisat...

In February 2023 the Scottish Cannabis Consortium held a 3 day Celebration of Scotland's Indigenous Apothecary encompassing cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms, as well as other healing plants indigenous to the Scottish land. The events were organised to coincide with the international movement #thankyouplantmedicine. They collaborated with the Scottish Cannabis Consortium, the University of Edinbur...

Professor Jo Neal is Professor of Psychopharmacology at the University of Manchester. She is Chair of the Medical Psychedelics Working Group at Drug Science, a Trustee for Heroic Hearts UK, scientific advisor for the Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group, Beckley Psytech, Albert Labs, and Octarine Bio. Jo is an advisory board member of the International Therapeutic Psilocybin Rescheduling Initiati...