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We explore ending our criminal approach to drugs and regulating the market again. If you’re not sure what that sentence means, you’re in the right place. We start at square one, where we were as staunch supporters of the War on Drugs. What changed our minds? Welcome to the show.
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Sunday May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
Dr. Alexander, who has spent 50 years studying addiction, joins us to talk about poverty of the spirit as a driver of addiction, and how recovery can happen in a thousand ways, helped along by people just like us.
Sunday May 12, 2019
Sunday May 12, 2019
Dr Bruce Alexander spearheaded Rat Park, a revolutionary experiment that proved the drivers of addiction are far different than what we've been taught. He then spent nearly 50 years researching the causes and solutions to addiction in Vancouver, the city with the highest concentration of drug-addicted people in Canada.
Sunday May 05, 2019
Sunday May 05, 2019
Seth Still was born and raised in Mississippi, and now pastors a church in the Mississippi Delta where he sees some of the collateral damage from the Drug War in his church and community. Justice, mercy, becoming better listeners, and how people on the margins experience our churches are part of today's conversation.
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
The herbal supplement Kratom has been banned in multiple states and now in several counties in Mississippi. As the Drug War tries to expand its targets to include Kratom, we explore why keeping it legal is important for public safety and for reducing any potential for harm from the substance itself.
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Not everyone who is dependent on a substance is addicted to it, and not everyone who wants to be sober should stop using all opioids. Dr. Singer, a senior fellow at the CATO Institute, clarifies why he believes research supports these statements and why it's crucial we understand these concepts if we want to curb our overdose epidemic.
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Dr. Jeffrey Singer, Senior Fellow at The Cato Institute, joins us to answer, “If we’re in an overdose crisis from prescription opioids, how would legalizing all drugs help us?” Dr. Singer explains why we’ve misunderstood what’s happening today, why that misunderstanding is causing more people to die, and what we can do to reverse the trend and save lives.
Saturday Apr 06, 2019
Saturday Apr 06, 2019
Our cultural stereotype of "typical addict" is someone who is homeless, jobless, whose life is visibly broken. But who are the people behind that stigmatized label and how can we best help them? Liz Evans has spent her career learning and living out those answers.
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Heroin-Assisted treatment, giving pure heroin to heroin-addicted people in a clinic alongside support services, is DECREASING addiction and death. Why is something so counter-intuitive working? Johann Hari walks us through the research on legalized heroin and recovery, and the vision for each of us using the voice we have to effect change, because "Courage calls to courage everywhere."
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Johann Hari, author of "Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs" joins us to talk about how the US exported the Drug War globally, and why chaos and violence don't have to be part of the drug market. Also addressing the objection that just because we legalize drugs doesn't mean gangsters will go away. Will they?
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
Sunday Mar 17, 2019
For most of history, all drugs were legal. Johann Hari, author of "Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs" explores why we started the Drug War 100 years ago. If you've thought, "Surely there were solid reasons for prohibition in the beginning, even if there have been harms," this is a great introduction to historical evidence for prohibition.