Episode 32: The Insidious Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration
Immigrant detention centers are bleak places in the best of times, but during a pandemic they are absolutely dangerous. And yet U.S. immigration enforcement has carried on as COVID-19 continues to spr...
6 Mai 20201h 1min
Episode 31: What Does DPA Do During a Pandemic?
On previous episodes, we've talked about the impact of COVID-19 in the context of public health and incarceration. But, as an organization, how has Drug Policy Alliance been affected? What about our w...
29 Apr 202019min
Episode 30: Why Decarceration Matters Now, and Why it Always Has
Of the first seven people who died of COVID-19 in federal prison, five of them were there for drug offenses. In this moment, the inhumanity and disastrous health consequences of our prisons and jails ...
22 Apr 202046min
Episode 29: Imprisonment and Public Health in the Age of COVID-19: DPA's Mary Sylla Explains the Risks
In her previous work as a civil rights attorney during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, DPA Senior Staff Attorney Mary Sylla saw firsthand the lack of adequate healthcare available to people who are incarcerate...
15 Apr 202016min
Episode 28: Joe Rubin Taught Safety First in His Health Classes: Here's What He Thought
Joe Rubin is a public school teacher in San Francisco, and health is his favorite subject. In his 36 years of experience, he's never taught anything quite like DPA's Safety First drug education curric...
12 Des 201942min
Episode 27: Safety First: Drug Education 101 with Sasha Simon
The Drug Policy Alliance has spent years developing a completely new take on drug education: a curriculum based in harm reduction and science, not a fear-based abstinence-only approach. It's called Sa...
5 Des 20197min
Episode 26: Local Advocates Stephanie Regagnon & Chad Sabora Welcome the Reform Conference to St. Louis
DPA's biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference takes place in St. Louis, Missouri this November 6-9. Our own Ifetayo Harvey sat down with Stephanie Regagnon, founder of Ava's Grace Scholar...
1 Nov 20199min
Episode 25: Ben Westhoff's Journey into Fentanyl Production and Harm Reduction
Over the last few years, we've seen huge increases in opioid overdose deaths, and many of them can be traced to powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Drugs & Stuff is back with journalist Ben West...
31 Okt 201935min
