Harm reduction

News7 January 2026

Venezuela: No to the 'war on drugs' as a pretext for U.S. intervention

Civil society groups from around the world reject the 'war on drugs' narrative being used to justify pressure, interference, and intervention in Venezuela—warning of militarisation, human rights violations, and dangerous regional precedents.

News11 December 2025

Fiji’s HIV epidemic escalates: New rapid assessment highlights urgent gaps in access to safe injecting equipment, HIV prevention, and stigma-free care among people who inject drugs

The lack of harm reduction services is accelerating one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics, underscoring urgent needs for sterile drug use equipment, community-led outreach, and an evidence-based national response.

News11 December 2025

"We refuse": Health workers against involuntary care

The joint letter warns that expanding involuntary treatment in British Columbia would violate medical ethics, endanger patients, and deepen human rights harm, calling instead for evidence-based, voluntary, community-led care.

Publications11 December 2025

Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession

McAdam et al. examine how decriminalisation reduced policing-related barriers to services, revealing important benefits for young people, including Indigenous.

Publications11 December 2025

Characterizing non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in India: Prevalence and risk factor analysis, 2022–2024

Gunaratne et al. reveal high levels of non-fatal overdose, identifying structural, behavioural, and health-related factors that call for urgent expansion of harm reduction, mental health support, and overdose prevention.

News11 December 2025

Dance for freedom: Rave revolution in front of the Hungarian Parliament

Thousands gathered to protest Hungary's escalating police harassment of musicians, clubs and young people.

News10 December 2025

New EU Drug Strategy risks undermining health, harm reduction and human rights - Joint letter by 84 civil society organisations

We join 83 organisations urging EU Member States to revise the proposed Drug Strategy and reject a trafficking-only Action Plan, to ensure harm reduction, health and human rights remain central to EU drug policy.

Blog7 December 2025

Why Member States must rebalance the EU Drug Strategy – before it’s too late

The European Commission's new Drug Strategy promotes a worrying security-driven 'drug threat' narrative that fails to prioritise health and human rights over punishment.

Publications3 December 2025

Global State of Harm Reduction: 2025 update to key data

Harm Reduction International discusses a 'global paradox' in which growing policy recognition and community resilience collide with devastating funding cuts that now threaten decades of harm reduction progress.

Publications1 December 2025

Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response - 2025 World AIDS Day report

UNAIDS examines the threats facing the HIV response, including funding cuts, rising criminalisation, and growing gender-based violence, urging bold action to safeguard progress and build sustainable, community-led systems of care.

News28 November 2025

Remembering Peter Krykant, who knew harm reduction couldn’t wait

Friends and colleagues share memories of Krykant's powerful activism and call for progress in his campaign for humane drug policy in the UK and around the world.

Events

Harm reduction across South-Eastern Europe: struggle and hope beyond the numbers

Online

25 November 2025

This webinar examines the crossroads facing harm reduction in South-Eastern Europe, shining a light on service shutdowns, innovation, and the community resilience keeping people alive.

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