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Drugs and Stuff: A Podcast from the Drug Policy Alliance podcast

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Drugs and Stuff: A Podcast from the Drug Policy Alliance

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  Drug Policy Alliance  

Welcome to Drugs & Stuff. We're a podcast about drugs, harm reduction, mass criminalization, the drug war, and other stuff from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) – the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We bring in a wide variety of experts – from scientists to activists, writers to teachers – to hear about how drugs and drug policy play a role in their work and lives. We also offer a peek behind the scenes as we feature DPA staff talking about the work they do. Follow us on Twitter @drugsnstuffDPA

Welcome to Drugs & Stuff. We're a podcast about drugs, harm reduction, mass criminalization, the drug war, and other stuff from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) – the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We bring in a wide variety of experts – from scientists to activists, writers to teachers – to hear about how drugs and drug policy play a role in their work and lives. We also offer a peek behind the scenes as we feature DPA staff talking about the work they do. Follow us on Twitter @drugsnstuffDPA

 

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#49

Episode 48: Classwide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances Won’t Save Lives - It Will Overcrimi...

Under the Controlled Substances Act, drugs are classified into legal, regulatory categorie... more

10 Feb 2022

36 MINS

36:42

10 Feb 2022

#48

Episode 47: Maia Szalavitz Considers Harm Reduction’s Past and Future

The harm reduction movement began as a reaction against drug war policies that criminalize... more

20 Sep 2021

35 MINS

35:09

20 Sep 2021

#47

Episode 46: The Brotherhood Sister Sol’s Dr. Marsha Jean-Charles on the Drug War and the Education S...

The drug war has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives—and it’s time to uproot it. The... more

21 Jul 2021

32 MINS

32:53

21 Jul 2021

#46

Episode 45: “Puff or Pass”: The Iconic, Ironic D.A.R.E. Shirt

In this episode of “Puff or Pass”, our series on the portrayal of drugs and drug users in ... more

14 Jul 2021

15 MINS

15:07

14 Jul 2021

#45

Episode 44: Screenwriter Priscila García-Jacquier on Challenging the Narcos Narrative

Have you ever noticed just how many series, films and documentaries focus on the drug trad... more

30 Jun 2021

26 MINS

26:57

30 Jun 2021

#44

Episode 43: The Ordinary People Society’s Pastor Kenneth Glasgow on the Drug War and the Public Bene...

The drug war has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives—and it’s time to uproot it. The... more

19 May 2021

42 MINS

42:35

19 May 2021

#43

Episode 42: Movement for Family Power’s Lisa Sangoi on the Drug War and the Family Regulation System

The drug war has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives—and it’s time to uproot it. The... more

14 Apr 2021

37 MINS

37:03

14 Apr 2021

#42

Episode 41: Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Talks All Drug Decriminalization and Alternatives ...

As we approach the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor's killing, the connection betwee... more

10 Mar 2021

42 MINS

42:30

10 Mar 2021

#41

Episode 40: Christine Minhee on the Promises and Perils of Opioid Litigation

Today, news broke that the Department of Justice has reached an $8 billion-plus settlement... more

21 Oct 2020

42 MINS

42:49

21 Oct 2020

#40

Episode 39: After Her Son Overdosed and Died, Jessie Dunleavy Realized it Was Preventable

Jessie Dunleavy always knew her son Paul was unique. He struggled throughout his life -- t... more

02 Sep 2020

42 MINS

42:03

02 Sep 2020

#39

Episode 38: Keri Blakinger Reports on the Criminal Justice System That Once Held Her

Keri Blakinger has worked for years as a journalist (currently at <a href= "https://www.th... more

19 Aug 2020

42 MINS

42:55

19 Aug 2020

#38

Episode 37: Police Militarization is Not Normal

In her own community in Santa Fe, New Mexico, DPA Senior Director Emily Kaltenbach sees po... more

15 Jul 2020

15 MINS

15:14

15 Jul 2020

#37

Episode 36: “Puff or Pass”: What Law & Order SVU Has to Say About Drugs and Policing

On the latest edition of our “Puff or Pass” series examining how drugs and people who use ... more

24 Jun 2020

19 MINS

19:12

24 Jun 2020

#36

Episode 35: Kerwin Kaye on How Drug Courts Coerce, Control, and Continue to Harm Communities in Need

Drug courts -- programs that seek to reduce drug use through mandated treatment and close ... more

10 Jun 2020

49 MINS

49:44

10 Jun 2020

#35

Episode 34: Six Months Later, Safety First Drug Education Continues to Evolve

When the Drug Policy Alliance publicly released our harm reduction-based drug education cu... more

20 May 2020

22 MINS

22:53

20 May 2020

#34

Episode 33: “Puff or Pass”: Can The Simpsons Really School Us on Cannabis?

We’ve all been there: you’re watching TV or a movie, playing a video game or listening to ... more

13 May 2020

18 MINS

18:23

13 May 2020

#33

Episode 32: The Insidious Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration

Immigrant detention centers are bleak places in the best of times, but during a pandemic t... more

06 May 2020

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:06

06 May 2020

#32

Episode 31: What Does DPA Do During a Pandemic?

On previous episodes, we’ve talked about the impact of COVID-19 in the context of public h... more

29 Apr 2020

19 MINS

19:00

29 Apr 2020

#31

Episode 30: Why Decarceration Matters Now, and Why it Always Has

Of the first seven people who died of COVID-19 in federal prison, five of them were there ... more

22 Apr 2020

46 MINS

46:41

22 Apr 2020

#30

Episode 29: Imprisonment and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19: DPA's Mary Sylla Explains the Ris...

In her previous work as a civil rights attorney during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, DPA Senior S... more

15 Apr 2020

16 MINS

16:12

15 Apr 2020

#29

Episode 28: Joe Rubin Taught Safety First in His Health Classes: Here’s What He Thought

Joe Rubin is a public school teacher in San Francisco, and health is his favorite subject.... more

12 Dec 2019

42 MINS

42:23

12 Dec 2019

#28

Episode 27: Safety First: Drug Education 101 with Sasha Simon

The Drug Policy Alliance has spent years developing a completely new take on drug educatio... more

05 Dec 2019

07 MINS

07:56

05 Dec 2019

#27

Episode 26: Local Advocates Stephanie Regagnon & Chad Sabora Welcome the Reform Conference to St. Lo...

DPA’s biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference takes place in St. Louis, Misso... more

01 Nov 2019

09 MINS

09:42

01 Nov 2019

#26

Episode 25: Ben Westhoff's Journey into Fentanyl Production and Harm Reduction

Over the last few years, we’ve seen huge increases in opioid overdose deaths, and many of ... more

31 Oct 2019

35 MINS

35:39

31 Oct 2019

#25

Episode 24: Sheila Vakharia Connects the Dots between Harm Reduction and Social Work

In the latest episode of Drugs & Stuff, we are joined by DPA’s Sheila Vakharia, Ph.D., a r... more

08 May 2019

38 MINS

38:13

08 May 2019

#24

Episode 23: Gretchen Bergman – a mother’s story of healing and surviving her sons’ struggles with ad...

Gretchen Bergman, executive director of  [A New Path] (https://www.anewpath.org/who-we-are... more

18 Apr 2019

28 MINS

28:37

18 Apr 2019

#23

Episode 22: New York’s Rockefeller Drug Law reform ten years later

In 2009, New York reformed its notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws. Ten years later, veteran d... more

03 Apr 2019

27 MINS

27:17

03 Apr 2019

#22

Episode 21: Immigration activist Alejandra Pablos discusses the war on drugs, the war on immigrant p...

In the latest episode of Drugs and Stuff, DPA’s <a href= "http://www.drugpolicy.org/ifetay... more

21 Dec 2018

17 MINS

17:42

21 Dec 2018

#21

Episode 20: The Results Are In - "Safety First" Is The Future Of Drug Education

DPA’s revolutionary high school drug education curriculum “Safety First” was piloted at Ba... more

27 Jun 2018

24 MINS

24:04

27 Jun 2018