Drugs

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Racism, Stigma, Drug Policies and the Legacy of Apartheid

Airs at: Wed, 02/16/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Racism, stigma, drug policies and the legacy of apartheid: a discussion between Shaun Shelly, Director of the South African Network of People who Use Drugs, and Justice Edwin Cameron, one of South Africa’s leading judicial figures and a former Justice of South Africa’s high... Read more

Rethinking Prohibition

Airs at: Wed, 02/09/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On the new edition of Century we speak with author and journalist Donnell Alexander about a series he’s written at CapitalAndMain.com entitled A Just And Legal Weed: The Rocky Road For Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs Past and Present; plus Natasha Touesnard with the Canadian A... Read more

Measure 110: One Year On

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, Measure 110 one year on: a conversation with Tera Hurst, Executive Director of Oregon’s Health Justice Recovery Alliance. Read more

The Drug Poisoning Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 02/02/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On the new edition of Century: Smriti Rana with Pallium India on barriers to access to controlled pain medications and how to overcome them; plus Petra Schulz from Moms Stop the Harm on the drug poisoning crisis in Alberta. Read more

Safer Supply

Airs at: Wed, 01/26/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Andrea Sereda, MD with the London (Ontario) InterCommunity Health Center and Gillian Kolla, PhD with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria discuss the LIHC Safer Opioid Supply Program's impact and progres... Read more

A Nice Cuppa

Airs at: Wed, 01/19/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio we’re going to talk about one of the world’s most widely used drugs. It would be hard to overstate the impact that this substance and the culture surrounding it has had on nations and peoples around the world, it’s even played a part in... Read more

Hemp

Airs at: Wed, 01/19/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On the new edition of Century: Newly-published research shows that compounds in hemp may prevent coronavirus from entering human cells. We speak with lead author Richard van Breemen, PhD, a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Colle... Read more

Three Principles

Airs at: Wed, 01/12/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss three principles for smarter, more effective drug policies: guarantee access to a safe supply; provide access to safe consumption spaces; and decriminalize people who use drugs. Read more

How to Report on Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 01/05/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this holiday edition of Century, Maia Szalavitz in an interview from 2016 on harm reduction and reporting on drugs, and Professor Kerwin Kaye in an interview from 2020 on Synanon and punitive drug “treatment”. Read more

Doing What Works

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline, a conversation with Dr. Ashish Thakrar, a Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, about methadone and buprenorphine treatment in prisons and jails; plus a dis... Read more