Psych Drug Epidemic - Harm Reduction and the Mainstream

Psych Drug Epidemic - Harm Reduction and the Mainstream

Our first guest is Robert Whitaker, author of "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America." We will be discussing the epidemic increase in mental illness which has accompanied the boom in prescribing psychiatric medications and the possible dangers of the over prescription of psychiatric drugs at the behest of Big Pharma. Our second guest is Dr. Daliah Heller who has served as the executive director of Citiwide Harm Reduction and who is currently assistant commissioner of drugs and alcohol for the New York City government. Dr. Heller will tell us about her history as a harm reductionist and the state of harm reduction and drug treatment in New York City, including how harm reduction programs have been integrated into the mainstream in the city.

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The Professional Ex

The Professional Ex

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Deborah Mash on Ibogaine

Deborah Mash on Ibogaine

Ibogaine has been long touted as a potential cure for heroin and other addictions. Premiere ibogaine researcher, Deborah C. Mash, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology ...

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Johann Hari: Chasing the Scream

Johann Hari: Chasing the Scream

Our guest this afternoon is Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.

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The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

Our guest this Morning is Marc Lewis, Ph. D., author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease. This amazing book is chock full of the latest neuroscience, telling not only how brains g...

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Just Say Yes: a marijuana memoir

Just Say Yes: a marijuana memoir

Our guest this evening is Catherine Hiller, author of Just Say Yes: a marijuana memoir. Ms. Hiller shares with us a cultural/personal history of the past fifty years of cannabis.

9 Jul 201559min

Overdose and Incarceration

Overdose and Incarceration

Our guests this evening are Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Lisa Raville, Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Act...

17 Apr 201558min

Harm Reduction and the Recovery Movement

Harm Reduction and the Recovery Movement

Our guest today is Patty McCarthy Metcalf, executive director of Faces and Voices of Recovery. We will be discussing the meaning of recovery and ways for the harm reduction movement and the recovery m...

9 Mar 201558min

The Word "Addict" Is Hate Speech

The Word "Addict" Is Hate Speech

Our guest this evening is Meghan Ralston, harm reduction manager for the Drug Policy Alliance and author of many articles including I'm Breaking Up With the Word 'Addict' and I Hope You'll Do the Same...

20 Feb 20151h 13min

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