The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) is pleased to present the second issue of its bi-monthly Newsletter The Voice of Harm Reduction.

This issue is dedicated to the Rights of People Who Use Drugs. In the content you will find:

•    Message from an Expert: Mat Southwell, INPUD and Olga Belyaeva, EHRN Steering Committee member
•    Completing Laws with Rights, review by Mikhail Golichenko, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
•    Measures to stop violations of civil and human rights against people who use drugs in Eurasia
•    Regional Highlights:
From counseling to legal services: best practice from HOPS, Macedonia
Lack of gender-specific harm reduction services in Eurasia puts women at risk
•    Being Heard: Kestutis Butkus (Lithuania) tells about his decision to fight for continuity of OST in Lithuanian prisons
•    EHRN Secretariat and Steering Committee updates

EHRN’s newsletter The Voice of Harm Reduction is a tool to update our members and partners on EHRN's work and the most urgent regional matters related to harm reduction and drug policy in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.