Allan Clear is the executive director of the New York based Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC, www.harmreduction.org).He was interviewed by our activists at the International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harms in Warsaw, 2007.
The HCLU's movie presents drug policies in Portugal ten years after the decriminalization of drug use - watch it and share it with your friends on Facebook!
Orosz Béla was fined 50 thousand forints for a minor offence. In a letter sent on August 8th, he informed the police that because of his poverty, he cannot pay the fine, but would like to work off his debts through community service. He did not receive a response from the police. Two months later, the courts informed him that they will hold a hearing regarding the conversion of his fine into a prison sentence. This procedure is illegal; the judicial authorities disregarded the laws relating to offences.
While childbirth at home is accepted and legally regulated in most developed countries – In Hungary, the entire obstetrician-gynecologist profession is against childbirth outside of the institutional maternity ward. Why is this?