Western Europe

News22 April 2025

France: How the “war on drugs” is turbo-charging surveillance powers

French bill proposes draconian expansion of surveillance powers in the name of drug control, despite lack of evidence for efficacy and substantial risks for privacy, digital security, and civil liberties.

News8 April 2025

Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal

This policy 'experiment' is expected to last four years and outline the benefits and drawbacks of formalising production and supply chains.

News7 April 2025

Global drug policy: “Countries are being freed up to actually speak their minds”

WOLA discusses the 68th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs with leading civil society experts.

Publications7 April 2025

Eliminating hepatitis C in Europe: A report on policy implementation for people who inject drugs - 2024

C-EHRN's civil society monitoring identifies necessary but unequal progress on treatment and access to services, decrying enduring challenges related to funding, legislation, stigma and political will.

News4 April 2025

Alarms, overdoses and saving lives: Two days in UK's first drug injection room

The Thistle facility in Glasgow supported 180 people in its first 12 weeks, offering overdose prevention and other vital harm reduction services.

Events

DCRs Symposium 2025: Drug consumption rooms, a pillar of harm reduction and human rights

Strasbourg, France

18 June 2025 - 20 June 2025

This conference brings together global perspectives to advance the drug consumption room model and human rights-based harm reduction policies.

Publications4 April 2025

European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) 2024

EUDA's survey explores the current drug use habits of more than 66,000 Europeans from 31 countries.

Events

Nitazenes in Europe – How should we prepare?

Online

9 May 2025

Join C-EHRN’s webinar on 9 May to explore Europe’s emerging nitazene threat, addressing trends, health risks, policy responses, and harm reduction strategies.

Publications18 March 2025

High returns: The economic benefits of UK cannabis legalisation

Transform models the spending and revenue outcomes for three post-prohibition market scenarios in the UK, noting potential annual net benefits to the Treasury of up to £1.5 billion.

Events

Drugs and decriminalisation in Asia: Global updates on drug decriminalisation

Online

28 February 2025

This webinar aims to present updates on developments in decriminalisation around the world, the backlash in Oregon (US), British Columbia (Canada) and Porto (Portugal), and to discuss their impacts on drug policy and advocacy in Asia.

News14 February 2025

‘RCF’s long-term investment into community-led networks fuels harm reduction advocacy’ — Interview with Jamie Bridge

Years of advocacy, including by IDPC with the support of the Robert Carr Fund, led to the first CND resolution acknowledging 'harm reduction' in 2024.

News12 February 2025

Switzerland: Geneva’s fightback against crack cocaine making inroads

By lifting barriers and their service to be more inclusive, harm reduction programmes have supported health and safety for all.

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