Pers & Media

Informatie voor journalisten, redacties en mediavertegenwoordigers.

Perscontact

Press Inquiries

E-Mail: kontakt@offenedrogenpolitik.eu
Response Time: 24-48 hours

For urgent inquiries on current topics, we offer quick statements and expert interviews.

For Journalists

We Offer:

  • Background conversations (on/off record)
  • Expert interviews
  • Fact-checks on drug policy
  • Data and statistics
  • Contacts to international experts

Citeerbare kernuitspraken

"Prohibition is the best support program for organized crime. You cannot fight cartels while funding them."

— On fighting crime

"People don't die from drugs – they die from illegality. Unknown dosages, contamination, lack of medical help."

— On the health argument

"Every euro for illegal drugs funds violence – somewhere in the world. Europe shares responsibility for the consequences of its consumption."

— On global responsibility

"Regulation is not promotion. We regulate cars, medications, and alcohol – not because we want to promote them, but because control protects better than prohibition."

— On the regulation approach

"Portugal has shown for over 20 years: Decriminalization doesn't lead to more use, but to fewer deaths, fewer HIV infections, and more people in treatment."

— On international examples

Persberichten

  • 02
    Dez 2025

    Launch: Open Drug Policy EU Goes Online

    New European platform for evidence-based drug policy launches with comprehensive fact collection and recommendations for action.

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Campaign Posters

Black and white posters in A4, A3, A2, A1 and A0. Select size in the poster, save as PDF and print.

All Drugs.
Regulated.
In Pharmacies.

Open

6.166
Drug Deaths
EU 2021

Open

87 M
EU Citizens
have used drugs

Open

1.6 M
Drug Offenses
EU 2023

Open

€31 B
EU Drug Market
per year

Open

0% adulterants
guaranteed.
Only in pharmacies.

Open

Regulation is
not a utopia.
It's a system.

Open

You see them.
Rotting wounds.
This is prohibition.

Open

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Factsheets

Numbers & Facts

Key statistics on drug use, costs, and outcomes of different policy approaches.

Portugal Model

Detailed analysis of Portuguese decriminalization and its outcomes.

Global Impact

How European consumption finances global violence and environmental destruction.

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Expert Network

We facilitate contacts with experts from science, medicine, law, and politics.

Areas of Expertise

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Criminology
  • Health Economics
  • International Politics
  • Human Rights

International Partners