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  • "Changing the current drug policy regime has become a life cause for me” – Interview with Laura Gil

    "Changing the current drug policy regime has become a life cause for me” – Interview with Laura Gil
    2025/07/10
    On the eve of her departure from her post as the Ambassador of Colombia to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, we spoke to Ambassador Laura Gil about her time in Vienna, her achievements, the challenges she faced as well as her hopes for the future of international drug policy.
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    38 分
  • What Octopuses Teach Us About MDMA: Our Interview With Gül Dölen

    What Octopuses Teach Us About MDMA: Our Interview With Gül Dölen
    2025/07/03
    Psychedelics are the master keys to unlocking hidden potentials in our brains, claims Gül Dölen, a Turkish-American neuroscientist and professor at UC Berkeley.


    Most of my readers have probably seen colourful brain scan images that aim to represent changes in brain activity corresponding to the altered perception and cognition associated with psychedelic use. But can we really say that these regional changes in the brain fully explain the often highly sophisticated, and sometimes indescribable, visions people experience under the influence of psychedelics? Gül Dölen casts doubt on this theory. Her groundbreaking MDMA studies with octopuses demonstrate that we need to find another explanatory mechanism. Filmed at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2024 in Haarlem, The Netherlands. For the video version check out: https://drogriporter.hu/en/what-octopuses-teach-us-about-mdma-our-interview-with-gul-dolen/
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    24 分
  • Coca, Harm Reduction, and Reconciliation – An Interview with Diego Andrés Lugo-Vivas

    Coca, Harm Reduction, and Reconciliation – An Interview with Diego Andrés Lugo-Vivas
    2025/05/30
    At the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference, we spoke with Diego Andrés Lugo-Vivas about the impact of the Drug War in Colombia and how the philosophy of harm reduction could be applied to the coca leaf.

    We explored the following topics:
    • What is the significance of HR25 taking place in Colombia?
    • Which region of Colombia are you from?
    • Can the philosophy of harm reduction be applied to the issue of coca?
    • At the UN in Vienna, there are claims that coca cultivation harms the environment. How do you respond to that?
    • What could be an alternative to coca eradication?
    • What have been the outcomes of eradication efforts in Colombia?
    • How severe is the damage caused by these efforts?
    • Can you share personal stories of how people have been affected?
      Is the message of shifting from punishment to harm reduction relevant for Colombia?

    Interview: Péter Sárosi
    Video and audio: István Gábor Takács
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    28 分
  • Closing speeches at the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25)

    Closing speeches at the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25)
    2025/05/28
    More than a thousand harm reduction professionals gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, to attend the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference. Listen to the closing speeches here!
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  • Opening speeches at the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25)

    Opening speeches at the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25)
    2025/05/28
    More than a thousand harm reduction professionals gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, to attend the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference. Watch the opening speeches at the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25)
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    11 分
  • SOWING CHANGE TO HARVEST JUSTICE | 28th Harm Reduction International Conference

    SOWING CHANGE TO HARVEST JUSTICE | 28th Harm Reduction International Conference
    2025/05/28
    More than a thousand harm reduction professionals gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, to attend the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference. Watch Drugreporter's recap video here! Sowing Change to Harvest Justice – this was the slogan of the 2025 conference. It is a message that resonates strongly in an age when injustice is rife across the globe. Democracies are faltering, the rule of law and the spirit of multilateralism are eroding, and both funding for harm reduction and the space for civil society are shrinking. Yet, despite these troubling developments, the international harm reduction movement remains on the front line, striving to keep people healthy and alive. The choice of location – Bogotá – was a message in itself: Colombia, under its progressive government, is taking a leading role in global drug policy reform. Activists from the Global South are now more vocal and influential than ever before, placing social justice at the heart of drug policy reform.
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    13 分
  • The Funding Crisis of Harm Reduction – An Interview with Catherine Cook

    The Funding Crisis of Harm Reduction – An Interview with Catherine Cook
    2025/05/26
    At the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference, we spoke with Catherine Cook from Harm Reduction International about the state of harm reduction funding and the global impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts under Trump.
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    13 分
  • Drug Policy Prospects in Trump’s Second Term – An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann

    Drug Policy Prospects in Trump’s Second Term – An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
    2025/05/21
    At the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference, we had the chance to speak with Ethan Nadelmann, founder of the Drug Policy Alliance in the United States, about the present and future of drug policy during Donald Trump’s second term as president.
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    17 分