Beste Drug Policy podcaster (2024)

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Ketamine Treatment and Recovery 43:08

22d ago43:08

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Dr. Taylor Nichols and McCauley Sexton discuss a controversial topic - the use of ketamine in medical treatment including for mental health, such as depression and OCD, and for substance use disorders and recovery, and McCauley discusses his personal experience having received ketamine infusions.Av Dr. Taylor Nichols and McCauley Sexton

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Viewing recovery through a harm reduction lens 59:43

1M ago59:43

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Our co-hosts McCauley Sexton and Taylor Nichols, MD break down the term "recovery" to better understand the meaning of recovery from substance use disorders through a harm reduction framework and how we can reclaim the term recovery from the War on Drugs.Av Dr. Taylor Nichols and McCauley Sexton

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Stanton Peele on addiction, recovery, and breaking the disease model 41:12

1M ago41:12

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Stanton Peele began working on Love and Addiction in 1970, which was then published in 1975. In these fifty years he has predicted a remarkable number of addiction trends. By now it is clear that the way in which Stanton has reframed addiction for the past four decades – sometimes facing extreme opposition – has been prescient. His central thesis h…

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Dr. Lance Dodes on understanding substance use and addictive behaviors 54:51

2M ago54:51

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Lance Dodes, MD is a psychiatrist and a Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is a retired assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and prior Director of the substance use treatment unit of Harvard’s McLean Hospital and the Alcoholism Treatment Unit at Massach…

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Chad Sabora on the state of harm reduction and drug policy 51:10

2M ago51:10

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Chad Sabora is a former lawyer with lived experience of drug use and a long-time grassroots harm reduction advocate turned subject matter expert. Starting his journey under the mentorship of some of the harm reduction movement's founders, Chad helped create underground naloxone distribution networks before it was legally sanctioned across the count…

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Sarah Laurel of Savage Sisters Recovery on finding and fighting for Harm Reduction 1:06:43

4M ago1:06:43

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Sarah Laurel turned her traumatic experiences from substance use disorder and justice involvement into a powerful movement for harm reduction and the empowerment of people experiencing harms from substance use and homelessness. She co-founded Savage Sisters Recovery initially as a residential treatment facility, and along the way went through her o…

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Brandi Mac, NP on her journey beyond the stigma 55:37

4M ago55:37

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Brandi Mac, NP is a person who dropped out of high school and ended up becoming an ICU nurse practitioner. She joins McCauley Sexton and Taylor Nichols, MD on the Recovery Reform podcast to talk about her journey to love, acceptance, and harm reduction as the daughter of someone with substance use disorder and who has documented her daughter's jour…

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Tara Grace on her path to harm reduction and alternative recovery 1:04:39

5M ago1:04:39

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Tara Grace (Burn the Stigma Tara) became a harm reductionist out of necessity after seeing how the limitations of a 12 step recovery model was harming her and her community. She is a vocal advocate for harm reduction and recovering out loud, brining her story and harm reduction education to the community. You can find Tara at @BurnTheStigma across …

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Kristina Dennis, CAI on Ethical Interventions 1:02:44

6M ago1:02:44

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Kristina Dennis is a life coach and relationship expert whose life’s work is to show people how to release events of their past so they can become free of limiting beliefs. Kristina has worked as a coach since 1997 when she realized she had a gift for effectively helping others. As a Certified Addiction Interventionist (CAI), Kristina’s ethical and…

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Nicholas Crapser, PhD on Peer-Based Support Programs 58:27

6M ago58:27

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Nicholas Crapser PhD, is the current Clinical Director of 4D Recovery in Portland, OR, which is a peer-based support for youth and adolescents seeking addiction recovery. He has a history of lived experience with substance use disorder and justice involvement, and has been a vocal advocate for improved treatment for patients with substance use diso…

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Eddie Krumpotich on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform 58:38

9M ago58:38

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Dr. Taylor Nichols and McCauley Sexton interview Eddie Krumpotich, a person with lived experience, former teacher of the year, and an expert in substance use and harm reduction. He has consulted with two of the nations largest harm reduction organizations to help write and advocate for six substance use, harm reduction, and mental health bills in t…

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Interviewing McCauley Sexton - Part 2 1:00:25

10M ago1:00:25

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Our hosts flip roles, and Dr. Taylor Nichols interviews co-host McCauley Sexton about his childhood, his family history of substance use, his lived experience with having a substance use disorder and in residential treatment, and how he feels he has grown and changed his perspective on harm reduction and the need to reform recovery spaces.…

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Interviewing McCauley Sexton - Part 1 59:58

10M ago59:58

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Our hosts flip roles, and Dr. Taylor Nichols interviews co-host McCauley Sexton about his childhood, his family history of substance use, his lived experience with having a substance use disorder and in residential treatment, and how he feels he has grown and changed his perspective on harm reduction and the need to reform recovery spaces.…

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Interviewing Dr. Nichols - Part 2 1:02:26

10M ago1:02:26

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In the second of two episodes, McCauley Sexton interviews Dr. Taylor Nichols on his path to medicine and how his personal experience with family connections to substance use disorders in combination with his emergency medicine training led him to an improved understanding of harm reduction and eventually to become board-certified in addiction medic…

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Interviewing Dr. Nichols - Part 1 58:28

10M ago58:28

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In the first of two episodes, McCauley Sexton interviews Dr. Taylor Nichols on his path to medicine and how his personal experience with family connections to substance use disorders in combination with his emergency medicine training led him to an improved understanding of harm reduction and eventually to become board-certified in addiction medici…

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Recovery Reform: An Introduction 14:05

12M ago14:05

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McCauley Sexton and Dr. Taylor Nichols bring you Recovery Reform, a podcast focused on changing the narrative around substance use disorders, recovery, and harm reduction, bringing you clinical insights and alternative recovery perspectives. The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are our own and do not represent that of our employers. The …

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5. Support. Don't Punish 2022 1:29:42

2+ y ago1:29:42

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Discover more about our local actions this year: Nigeria: https://www.ssdp-intl.org/blog/10/support-dont-punish-activities-across-nigeria Liberia: https://www.ssdp-intl.org/blog/11/support-dont-punish-activities-part-2-liberia University of Calabar, Nigeria: https://www.ssdp-intl.org/blog/12/support-dont-punish-activities-part-3-university-of-calab…

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4. How to Engage with your Government at the UN 58:38

2+ y ago58:38

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Tune in for our fourth episode where we cover some practical strategies on how to engage with decision makers in your country in order to access spaces of advocacy at the international level, ie at the United Nations and beyond. This episode features Nazlee Maghsoudi, Manager of the Policy Impact Unit at the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation (CDPE),…

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3. CND 2022 and Youth Forum 2/2 36:09

2+ y ago36:09

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Tune in for the second part of our first episode where we cover what happened at this year's Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 2022, featuring Róisín Downes, the Executive Director of SSDP International, and Iulia Vatau, the United Nations Global Fellow. In this episode you will hear about: Ways in which we fight to replace youth tokenism with mea…

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2. Oldest Hemp Fair in Europe Supports Youth Advocacy 10:42

2+ y ago10:42

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Tune in to the second episode of our podcast featuring Ben Arn, the organiser of CannaTrade, the International Cannabis Expo, in a discussion on recent developments and opportunities in the business, as well as on the importance of youth voices in the making of cannabis policy. Ben has been the organizer of Cannabis Events in Switzerland since 2006…

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1. Youth Advocacy at the United Nations 32:17

2+ y ago32:17

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Excited to launch our first episode of the Sensible Drug Policy Show, a podcast where young people will share their advocacy experiences in the drug policy space. From engaging with the United Nations to local harm reduction efforts, here’s where you can find the latest news about the work of those shaping decision-making processes today! Our first…

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Episode 48: Classwide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances Won’t Save Lives - It Will Overcriminalize Them 36:42

3y ago36:42

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Under the Controlled Substances Act, drugs are classified into legal, regulatory categories by the Drug Enforcement Administration. This is known as “drug scheduling”, and it’s generally guided by a drug’s potential for abuse, and its medical value – and then the idea of classwide scheduling came along. In 2018, in a misaligned approach to addressi…

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Episode 47: Maia Szalavitz Considers Harm Reduction’s Past and Future 35:09

3y ago35:09

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The harm reduction movement began as a reaction against drug war policies that criminalize, punish, and hurt people – and a need to save lives. As a public health approach that aims to reduce the harms related to drug use and minimize risk, it offers a fresh and compassionate alternative to the war on drugs. In her new book, New York Times bestsell…

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Episode 46: The Brotherhood Sister Sol’s Dr. Marsha Jean-Charles on the Drug War and the Education System 32:53

3+ y ago32:53

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The drug war has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives—and it’s time to uproot it. The Drug Policy Alliance has been working closely with other advocacy organizations to create Uprooting the Drug War, a project that shines a spotlight on the insidious ways the drug war has spread into the systems of child welfare, public benefits, employment, i…

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Episode 45: “Puff or Pass”: The Iconic, Ironic D.A.R.E. Shirt 15:07

3+ y ago15:07

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In this episode of “Puff or Pass”, our series on the portrayal of drugs and drug users in popular culture, DPA’s former digital communications interns Dilara Balkan and Marisa Hetzler take us on a journey through fashion, irony, and drug (mis)education with an exploration of the D.A.R.E. shirt. How did the infamous D.A.R.E. program transition from …

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Episode 44: Screenwriter Priscila García-Jacquier on Challenging the Narcos Narrative 26:57

3+ y ago26:57

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Have you ever noticed just how many series, films and documentaries focus on the drug trade? The “narcos” narrative is so popular, and so ingrained, that it’s universally known. It's also really problematic, and on this episode, we'll do some digging into why. Screenwriter and director Priscila García-Jacquier was born and raised in Colombia, whose…

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Episode 43: The Ordinary People Society’s Pastor Kenneth Glasgow on the Drug War and the Public Benefits System 42:35

3+ y ago42:35

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The drug war has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives—and it’s time to uproot it. The Drug Policy Alliance has been working closely with other advocacy organizations to create Uprooting the Drug War, a project that shines a spotlight on the insidious ways the drug war has spread into the systems of child welfare, public benefits, employment, i…

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Episode 42: Movement for Family Power’s Lisa Sangoi on the Drug War and the Family Regulation System 37:03

3+ y ago37:03

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The drug war has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives—and it’s time to uproot it. The Drug Policy Alliance has been working closely with other advocacy organizations to create Uprooting the Drug War, a project that shines a spotlight on the insidious ways the drug war has spread into the systems of child welfare or family regulation, public be…

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Episode 41: Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Talks All Drug Decriminalization and Alternatives to Policing 42:30

3+ y ago42:30

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As we approach the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor's killing, the connection between deeply problematic policing and the criminalization of drugs has never been more apparent. On this episode, we take a deep dive into the changes that some communities are already making. Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty sat down with DPA Senior Sta…

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Episode 40: Christine Minhee on the Promises and Perils of Opioid Litigation 42:49

4y ago42:49

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Today, news broke that the Department of Justice has reached an $8 billion-plus settlement with Purdue Pharma for its role in the opioid crisis. This money should be used to combat the public health emergency of overdose deaths, but another public health emergency -- the COVID-19 pandemic -- has taken hold of media coverage and government spending.…

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Episode 39: After Her Son Overdosed and Died, Jessie Dunleavy Realized it Was Preventable 42:03

4+ y ago42:03

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Jessie Dunleavy always knew her son Paul was unique. He struggled throughout his life -- to learn, to be accepted -- and she tried however she could to help him along the way. But as he got older, and began to struggle with drug use, system after system began to shut them out. Where he needed hope, he got silence; where he needed support, he got pu…

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Episode 38: Keri Blakinger Reports on the Criminal Justice System That Once Held Her 42:55

4+ y ago42:55

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Keri Blakinger has worked for years as a journalist (currently at The Marshall Project) covering the criminal justice system and exposing the abuses within it. She comes with experience that most reporters don’t -- in 2010, she was arrested for drug possession and spent two years in the system herself. Matt Sutton, DPA's Director of Media Relations…

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Episode 37: Police Militarization is Not Normal 15:14

4+ y ago15:14

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In her own community in Santa Fe, New Mexico, DPA Senior Director Emily Kaltenbach sees police with assault rifles, submachine guns, grenade launchers, and even tanks. To help us understand the far-reaching implications of the presence of this military equipment, Emily joined us to explain the policy, practices, and history behind the militarizatio…

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Episode 36: “Puff or Pass”: What Law & Order SVU Has to Say About Drugs and Policing 19:12

4+ y ago19:12

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On the latest edition of our “Puff or Pass” series examining how drugs and people who use drugs are portrayed in pop culture, DPA’s marketing coordinator Ifetayo Harvey digs into a recent episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In a dramatic episode that covers many angles -- from problematic drug use to corrupt medical providers, from the in…

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Episode 35: Kerwin Kaye on How Drug Courts Coerce, Control, and Continue to Harm Communities in Need 49:44

4+ y ago49:44

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Drug courts -- programs that seek to reduce drug use through mandated treatment and close judicial oversight -- sound like a good alternative to incarceration. In theory they are thought to save money and increase access to treatment but in practice they cherry-pick eligible participants and allow judges to preside over treatment decisions. Kerwin …

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Episode 34: Six Months Later, Safety First Drug Education Continues to Evolve 22:53

4+ y ago22:53

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When the Drug Policy Alliance publicly released our harm reduction-based drug education curriculum Safety First in October, the world was a different place. In the months since, it’s evolved into an even more crucial resource. We’ve had continuing conversations with students, parents and teachers; a collaboration with the mental health foundation M…

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Episode 33: “Puff or Pass”: Can The Simpsons Really School Us on Cannabis? 18:23

4+ y ago18:23

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We’ve all been there: you’re watching TV or a movie, playing a video game or listening to some music, when drugs enter the storyline. This can go well -- and it can also go really badly. On this episode, we’re introducing a new series we call “Puff or Pass.” It examines how drugs and people who use drugs are portrayed in pop culture, for better or …

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Episode 32: The Insidious Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration 1:01:06

4+ y ago1:01:06

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Immigrant detention centers are bleak places in the best of times, but during a pandemic they are absolutely dangerous. And yet U.S. immigration enforcement has carried on as COVID-19 continues to spread, exacerbating the stress and anxiety that people who are non-citizens and/or undocumented already feel when dealing with a system that is unforgiv…

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Episode 31: What Does DPA Do During a Pandemic? 19:00

4+ y ago19:00

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On previous episodes, we’ve talked about the impact of COVID-19 in the context of public health and incarceration. But, as an organization, how has Drug Policy Alliance been affected? What about our work has changed, and what stays the same? I asked DPA’s Managing Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns, Kassandra Frederique, to break it down fo…

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Episode 30: Why Decarceration Matters Now, and Why it Always Has 46:41

4+ y ago46:41

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Of the first seven people who died of COVID-19 in federal prison, five of them were there for drug offenses. In this moment, the inhumanity and disastrous health consequences of our prisons and jails are clearer than ever. In this episode, DPA’s Managing Director of Policy Advocacy and Campaigns, Kassandra Frederique, sits down with CJ Ciaramella, …

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Episode 29: Imprisonment and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19: DPA's Mary Sylla Explains the Risks 16:12

4+ y ago16:12

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In her previous work as a civil rights attorney during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, DPA Senior Staff Attorney Mary Sylla saw firsthand the lack of adequate healthcare available to people who are incarcerated. To better understand how to solve the problem, she went back to school for a Masters in Public Health. On today’s episode, Mary talks about the cur…

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Episode 28: Joe Rubin Taught Safety First in His Health Classes: Here’s What He Thought 42:23

5y ago42:23

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Joe Rubin is a public school teacher in San Francisco, and health is his favorite subject. In his 36 years of experience, he’s never taught anything quite like DPA’s Safety First drug education curriculum. DPA’s Safety First Program Manager Sasha Simon sat down with Joe to dig into what makes the curriculum special, why it appeals so deeply to teac…

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Episode 27: Safety First: Drug Education 101 with Sasha Simon 7:56

5y ago7:56

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The Drug Policy Alliance has spent years developing a completely new take on drug education: a curriculum based in harm reduction and science, not a fear-based abstinence-only approach. It’s called Safety First, and it’s now freely available for the first time ever. We sat down with DPA’s Safety First Program Manager Sasha Simon to get the brief ru…

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Episode 26: Local Advocates Stephanie Regagnon & Chad Sabora Welcome the Reform Conference to St. Louis 9:42

5y ago9:42

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DPA’s biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference takes place in St. Louis, Missouri this November 6-9. Our own Ifetayo Harvey sat down with Stephanie Regagnon, founder of Ava’s Grace Scholarship Program, and Chad Sabora, co-founder and executive director of the Missouri Network for Opiate Reform and Recovery, to talk about the impact of t…

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Episode 25: Ben Westhoff's Journey into Fentanyl Production and Harm Reduction 35:39

5y ago35:39

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Over the last few years, we’ve seen huge increases in opioid overdose deaths, and many of them can be traced to powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Drugs & Stuff is back with journalist Ben Westhoff, whose new book Fentanyl, Inc. chronicles his incredible four-year investigation into the world of novel psychoactive substances (NPS). Ben sat d…

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Episode 24: Sheila Vakharia Connects the Dots between Harm Reduction and Social Work 38:13

5+ y ago38:13

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In the latest episode of Drugs & Stuff, we are joined by DPA’s Sheila Vakharia, Ph.D., a researcher in the office of Academic Engagement. Sheila joined Gabriella Miyares to talk about Sheila’s professional journey to becoming a leading voice in harm reduction and social work. Sheila helps DPA staff and others understand a range of drug policy issue…

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Episode 23: Gretchen Bergman – a mother’s story of healing and surviving her sons’ struggles with addiction 28:37

5+ y ago28:37

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Gretchen Bergman, executive director of A New Path, joined Drugs and Stuff recently to share why her work around addiction and treatment is intimately personal. She shares her personal story and shows the power of a mother’s love. Bergman served as state chair for California’s Proposition 36, which mandated treatment instead of incarceration for no…

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Episode 22: New York’s Rockefeller Drug Law reform ten years later 27:17

5+ y ago27:17

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In 2009, New York reformed its notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws. Ten years later, veteran drug law reform activists Anthony Papa and Terrence Stevens join “Drugs and Stuff” to reflect on the destruction the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws wreaked on so many New Yorkers and share their thoughts on the reforms. Anthony Papa, manager of media relations…

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Episode 21: Immigration activist Alejandra Pablos discusses the war on drugs, the war on immigrant people, and the war on working people 17:42

6y ago17:42

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In the latest episode of Drugs and Stuff, DPA’s Ifetayo Harvey sat down with Alejandra Pablos, a reproductive justice advocate and immigration activist who is facing deportation for a drug offense. As a young person, Alejandra was arrested and convicted of several charges, including possession of drug paraphernalia. After she spent two years in a d…

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Episode 20: The Results Are In - "Safety First" Is The Future Of Drug Education 24:04

6+ y ago24:04

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DPA’s revolutionary high school drug education curriculum “Safety First” was piloted at Bard High School Early College Manhattan this spring. The results are in, and they’re very encouraging for the future of drug education. Sasha Simon, DPA’s Safety First Program Manager, and Drew Miller, the health teacher from Bard who taught the “Safety First” …

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