In Austria, the government is subject to a long deal between different political parties to form a coalition. In order to ensure that their program and coalition’s contract includes cannabis legalisation, some activists with Verein für liberale Drogenpolitik are aiming to influence this coalition’s deal by sending letters : if you’re an austrian citizen or […]
Putting people first; empowering communities and driving innovation.
Putting people first; empowering communities and driving innovation. Reflections following the 6th European Harm Reduction Conference. In the first week of December around five hundred participants from across Europe travelled to Warsaw for a three-day conference on drug use and drug policy organised by the Correlation European Harm Reduction Network (C-EHRN). Echoing the United Nations […]
Amigos de la Hoja de Coca: history of a pioneering coca leaf fair-trade
This is a masterpiece for all ENCOD’s friends and supporters ; A real piece about ENCOD history and attempt to keep the experience alive and make it possible for the future… Thanks to the magazin Drugs, habits and Social policy and its editing team for keeping the importance of the subject and the publishing of […]
ENCOD and our duty toward a new policy on drugs.
ENCOD and our duty toward a new policy on drugs. Since 1993, ENCOD has been advocating for drug policy reforms based on a humane, just and effective approach. In four points below we’re describing below what ENCOD is struggling for, and we hope that you’ll follow and support us to make this. First We’re defending […]
The current hour in the Bundestag
The current hour in the Bundestag On 15 November 2024, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag convened a topical debate on the effects of the Konsum-Cannabis-Gesetz, KCanG, on internal security. The list of speakers was long, and too many of those who took to the microphone used their time exclusively for election campaign […]
Responsibility ping-pong in the German capital
Responsibility ping-pong in the German capital Since 1 July 2024, cultivation associations in Germany have been able to apply for permission to cultivate cannabis to supply their members in accordance with the Consumer Cannabis Act. Over 300 applications have now been submitted to the relevant authorities across Germany, and around 25 of these have been […]
European drug activists of Encod meet in Berlin for General Assembly
Text by Dutch Foundation VOC During the weekend of the well-attended Mary Jane cannabis fair in Berlin, Encod held a general assembly in the basement of the Hanf Museum (Hemp Museum) in the German capital. The VOC, the Dutch Union for the Abolition of cannabis prohibition, is a member of Encod, and its chairman Derrick […]
The Bad, the Sad and the Ugly (Please keep updated)
Update on April 20th, 2024 About Erec : Two weeks ago, Erec’s widow posted on her Facebook page this message: “3 months after the killing of my beloved husband and soulmate, Erec Hesse, I am still in a state of, I do not even know how to call it. Out of my body, out of […]