Drugs and Stuff: A Podcast from the Drug Policy Alliance

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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.

Episode Date
Episode 48: Classwide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances Won’t Save Lives - It Will Overcriminalize Them
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 47: Maia Szalavitz Considers Harm Reduction’s Past and Future
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 46: The Brotherhood Sister Sol’s Dr. Marsha Jean-Charles on the Drug War and the Education System
Jul 21, 2021
Episode 45: “Puff or Pass”: The Iconic, Ironic D.A.R.E. Shirt
Jul 14, 2021
Episode 44: Screenwriter Priscila García-Jacquier on Challenging the Narcos Narrative
Jun 30, 2021
Episode 43: The Ordinary People Society’s Pastor Kenneth Glasgow on the Drug War and the Public Benefits System
May 19, 2021
Episode 42: Movement for Family Power’s Lisa Sangoi on the Drug War and the Family Regulation System
Apr 14, 2021
Episode 41: Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Talks All Drug Decriminalization and Alternatives to Policing
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 40: Christine Minhee on the Promises and Perils of Opioid Litigation
Oct 21, 2020
Episode 39: After Her Son Overdosed and Died, Jessie Dunleavy Realized it Was Preventable
Sep 02, 2020
Episode 38: Keri Blakinger Reports on the Criminal Justice System That Once Held Her
Aug 19, 2020
Episode 37: Police Militarization is Not Normal
Jul 15, 2020
Episode 36: “Puff or Pass”: What Law & Order SVU Has to Say About Drugs and Policing
Jun 24, 2020
Episode 35: Kerwin Kaye on How Drug Courts Coerce, Control, and Continue to Harm Communities in Need
Jun 10, 2020
Episode 34: Six Months Later, Safety First Drug Education Continues to Evolve
May 20, 2020
Episode 33: “Puff or Pass”: Can The Simpsons Really School Us on Cannabis?
May 13, 2020
Episode 32: The Insidious Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration
May 06, 2020
Episode 31: What Does DPA Do During a Pandemic?
Apr 29, 2020
Episode 30: Why Decarceration Matters Now, and Why it Always Has
Apr 22, 2020
Episode 29: Imprisonment and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19: DPA's Mary Sylla Explains the Risks
Apr 15, 2020
Episode 28: Joe Rubin Taught Safety First in His Health Classes: Here’s What He Thought
Dec 12, 2019
Episode 27: Safety First: Drug Education 101 with Sasha Simon
Dec 05, 2019
Episode 26: Local Advocates Stephanie Regagnon & Chad Sabora Welcome the Reform Conference to St. Louis
Nov 01, 2019
Episode 25: Ben Westhoff's Journey into Fentanyl Production and Harm Reduction
Oct 31, 2019
Episode 24: Sheila Vakharia Connects the Dots between Harm Reduction and Social Work
May 08, 2019
Episode 23: Gretchen Bergman – a mother’s story of healing and surviving her sons’ struggles with addiction
Apr 18, 2019
Episode 22: New York’s Rockefeller Drug Law reform ten years later
Apr 03, 2019
Episode 21: Immigration activist Alejandra Pablos discusses the war on drugs, the war on immigrant people, and the war on working people
Dec 21, 2018
Episode 20: The Results Are In - "Safety First" Is The Future Of Drug Education
Jun 27, 2018
Episode 19: Bernard Noble Shares His Story, Getting Sentenced to 13 Years for Two Joints
Jun 12, 2018
Episode 18: The Drugs and Stuff Gang Tells it to the Bartender
May 30, 2018
Episode 17: Another chat with California Congressman Ro Khanna
May 07, 2018
Episode 16: Catching up with Maria, DPA’s Executive Director
Apr 25, 2018
Episode 15: Building a World Where Legal Psychedelics Make Sense
Apr 19, 2018
Episode 14: Derek Riffs on How Kellyanne Conway Inadvertently Made the Case for Legalizing Drugs
Apr 13, 2018
Episode 13: The Opposite of D.A.R.E – DPA Launches New High School Drug Education Curriculum in a NYC School
Apr 03, 2018
Episode 12: DPA Media Veteran Tony Newman Explains How We Are All Drug Users, And Offers A New Approach
Feb 26, 2018
Episode 11: The State Of Marijuana Reform In The Sessions Justice Department Era
Feb 01, 2018
Episode 10: Planning to Get F*cked Up This New Year’s Eve? Here Are Five Ways to Be Safe and Have Fun
Dec 20, 2017
Episode 09: AlterNet Editor-At-Large Jan Frel Explains That "We're All Drug Users"
Dec 04, 2017
Episode 08: California’s Proposition 64 - Marijuana Legalization One Year Later
Nov 08, 2017
Episode 09: Jan Freil
Nov 06, 2017
Episode 07: A Conversation With Jon Perri About People Who Received Clemency From President Obama
Nov 02, 2017
Episode 06: Dr. Malik Burnett On Marijuana Legalization As A Racial Justice Issue And Physicians For Legalization
Oct 30, 2017
Episode 05: Marsha Rosenbaum Talks About What Drug Education Should Look Like For Young People
Oct 25, 2017
Episode 04: Meet DPA’s New Executive Director, Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno
Oct 03, 2017
Episode 03: Marvin Washington Connects The Dots - Marijuana, Athletes, Activism, NFL Protests & Drug War Policing
Sep 28, 2017
Episode 02: Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) Is Against The Drug War For All The Right Reasons
Sep 06, 2017
Episode 01: International Overdose Awareness Day - Solutions To The Opioid Crisis
Aug 30, 2017
Episode 00: Welcome to Drugs and Stuff!
Aug 30, 2017