Drugs

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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 18, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which is a re-broadcast from the archives of Against the Grain: America’s Drug Binge. Americans as a population have an unusually large appetite for psychoactive drugs, whether legal or illegal. And American history has be... Read more

Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives. In Canada, activists and harm reduction advocates are organizing to resist closure of overdose prevention sites across the province of Ontario. We hear from Nick Boyce with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition,... Read more

Ilima Considine and Lisa Loving on ‘Waiting for the Kick’

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Film: Waiting For The Kick Writer/Director: Ilima Considine Premiere is TOMORROW March 8, 2024 at The Mission Theater in Portland. Address: 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209 Time: 8:00pm (doors), 9:00pm (show) >> Tickets The new film “Waiting for th... Read more

The Next Big Thing

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: The Next Big Thing. Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids, some of which are stronger than fentanyl, which are starting to show up in the unregulated drug markets in the US and the EU. On February 22, Ireland’s Health Service Executive hel... Read more

One In Five

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: One In Five. On February 8, The Sentencing Project, Berkeley School of Theology, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation co-hosted a webinar entitled One in Five: Ending Mass Incarceration and its Racial Disparities, which examined ... Read more

Two Steps Back

Airs at: Wed, 02/28/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: Two Steps Back. The state of Oregon’s groundbreaking Measure 110, a ballot initiative overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2020 that decriminalized small-scale simple possession of some drugs and provided funding for vital services, is on the ... Read more

Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century of Lies: Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm Reduction. A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop Jan. 30 and 31 entitled “Harm Reduction Servi... Read more

Transgender Substance Abuse and Recovery Stories

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Transpositive PDX

Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, February 20th as we talk with Gigi, Nicolette, Sheila and Emma about transgender addiction and recovery stories and issues related to substance abuse in gender diverse communities. Transpositive is a biwe... Read more

De Facto or De Jure

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: De Facto or De Jure. The drug war is fundamentally unsustainable. We keep throwing more and more money into the effort, made all kinds of minor repairs to the system to try and keep it going like treatment alternatives to incarceration... Read more

Sounds Unsound late Feb

Airs at: Sun, 02/25/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Sounds Unsound