Episode 48: Classwide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances Won't Save Lives - It Will Overcriminalize Them
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 d...
10 Helmi 202236min
Episode 46: The Brotherhood Sister Sol's Dr. Marsha Jean-Charles on the Drug War and the Education System
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 ...
21 Heinä 202132min
Episode 45: "Puff or Pass": The Iconic, Ironic D.A.R.E. Shirt
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 jou...
14 Heinä 202115min
Episode 44: Screenwriter Priscila García-Jacquier on Challenging the Narcos Narrative
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 probl...
30 Kesä 202126min
Episode 43: The Ordinary People Society's Pastor Kenneth Glasgow on the Drug War and the Public Benefits System
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 ...
19 Touko 202142min
Episode 42: Movement for Family Power's Lisa Sangoi on the Drug War and the Family Regulation System
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 ...
14 Huhti 202137min
Episode 41: Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Talks All Drug Decriminalization and Alternatives to Policing
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, ...
10 Maalis 202142min
