About us
Safer Drug Policies is one of the leading advocates for harm prevention and evidence-based drug policies in Norway and the Nordics.
About us
Safer Drug Policies is one of the leading advocates for harm prevention and evidence-based drug policies in Norway and the Nordics.
Our mission
Support decriminalization and human rights advocacy throughout the world
Promote evidence-based harm prevention strategies like our own drug analysis service
Drive innovation in the treatment of drug use and mental health disorders
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Developing the drug policies of tomorrow and making political change
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Political advocacy work
Progressive drug policy changes tend to come from civil society engagement. We meet with policymakers on all levels to inform their decisions with the latest research and knowledge in the field. The war on drugs has led to drugs being studied myopically, looking only for harmful effects while ignoring therapeutic potential. We want to make a political shift from punishment to medical help.
Providing the services we need
We don't have the time to wait for politicians to provide all the harm reduction services we need. Therefore we run our own clinic for drug addiction treatment and our own drug analyses service. Testing drugs reduces high risk use, prevents overdosing and detects extremely potent and unknown substances that should be discarded and warned about.
Public information campaigns about illicit drugs have historically been abstinence-oriented and focused on communicating risk in a non-statistical and non-pragmatic manner. We work to educate the public by providing more nuanced risk assessments and risk-reducing precautions through our popular website. We also attend festival sites with our team to inform participants about the risk of different drugs.
Public information and campaigns
What we do
Spokespersons
Representatives for Safer Drug Policies
- Ina Roll SpinnangrPresident of the Norwegian Assosciation for Safer Drug Policies
- Dagfinn Hessen PaustChief Scientific Officer of the Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies
Affiliated organizations
