TAKING BACK WHAT'S OURS! - Episode 3. Germany, Denmark and Norway
Channel: Drugreporter
Date: 2020-07-20

Drugreporter and INPUD present the third piece of an oral history of the movement of people who use drugs. The second episode is about the achievement of drug user groups in Germany, Denmark and Norway.

This year JES network in Germany celebrated it's 30th anniversary, and is one of the oldest drug user groups in the world. A member of the network, Dirk Schäffer tells us how with the support of Deutsche Aidshilfe, the JES drug user network contributed to the availability of harm reduction services in Germany, such as drug consumption rooms and heroin prescription program. The drug user groups in Denmark and Norway were also crucial to achieve the opening if these life services in their own countries. The Danish Drug Users Union (Brugerforeningen), with the leadership of Jørgen Kjær, has been a model for drug user organisations all over the world. The drug user groups in Norway, led by Arild Knutsen from the Association for Human Drug Policy, have   changed the drug policy landscape significantly. Drug consumption rooms are available, heroin prescription and other innovative substitution programs will start in the country, and a major Drug Policy change happens right now, moving away from punitive measures, to a more humane and evidence based decriminalisation model, based on the experiences of Portugal.

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Starting on Monday, 6th of July 2020, we publish one episode per week for 10 weeks. The episodes follow the timeline of the development of the movement of people who use drugs from Amsterdam to Afghanistan and globally.

The documentary series is part of the online conference “HIV 2020: Community Reclaiming the Global Response” which runs from July through October of 2020.

An alliance of global key population-led networks, networks of people living with HIV, treatment activists, and our supporters, has formed to organize an alternative international community-led online event.

The HIV2020 alliance has decided to organize the community-led event to provide an alternative for individuals who cannot or will participate in the AIDS2020 virtual conference. Its goal is to offer new opportunities to reaffirm the leading role communities play in the global HIV response.

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This video is produced by the Rights Reporter Foundation, a non-profit organisation, which is not supported by any governments or political parties. If you like our shows, please support our work on our website, https://drugreporter.net/support/.  Make a donation today and become our supporting member. Thank you!

A Drogriportert üzemeltető Jogriporter Alapítvány közhasznú tevékenységet folytat, az állam vagy politikai pártok támogatása nélkül. Ha szeretnéd, hogy a jövőben is legyen egy józan hang a drogpolitika terén, kérjük támogasd munkánkat és legyél pártolüó tagunk itt: https://drogriporter.hu/tamogass/ #drugpolicy #harmreduction #drugs #humanrights #decriminalisation #drogok #drogpolitika #ártalomcsökkentés

This video is produced by the Rights Reporter Foundation, a non-profit organisation, which is not supported by any governments or political parties. If you like our shows, please support our work on our website, https://drugreporter.net/support/.  Make a donation today and become our supporting member. Thank you!

A Drogriportert üzemeltető Jogriporter Alapítvány közhasznú tevékenységet folytat, az állam vagy politikai pártok támogatása nélkül. Ha szeretnéd, hogy a jövőben is legyen egy józan hang a drogpolitika terén, kérjük támogasd munkánkat és legyél pártolüó tagunk itt: https://drogriporter.hu/tamogass/