S2 E5 Human guinea pigs
Before pharmaceuticals find their way to your medicine chest, they are subjected to batteries of tests for safety and efficacy. Those tests begin with animals, but eventually scientists need to try ou...
13 Mar 201854min
EXTRA: Dan Snarr on Mormon culture and drugs
In our episode on Utah, Mormonism and drugs, you met Dan Snarr, the former mayor of Murray Utah. He told us about losing his son to opioid overdose. Here's a full length version of Geoff's conversatio...
9 Mar 201835min
S2 E4 Utah, Mormons and addiction
There’s an expectation that members of the Church of Latter Day Saints will live with chastity and modesty in order to secure a place in heaven. And yet, Utah, the heart of Mormonism, has one of the h...
5 Mar 201849min
S2 E3 Caffeine: a buzzed history
People have been using caffeine in one form or another for thousands of years. And for more than a century, people have been fretting about what it does to our health and our moral condition. This epi...
26 Feb 201834min
S2 E2 Cannabis: from prohibition to legalization
This episode of On Drugs explores how cannabis went from unknown, illegal and vilified to the present day, where it's considered medicine and the foundation of a multi-billion dollar industry.
19 Feb 201850min
On Drugs Extra: Ayahuasca in the jungle
We launched season two of On Drugs with an episode about how people are using psychedelics in search of spiritual enlightenment. One of the people we met was Tanya Kammonen. Tanya and I spoke at lengt...
17 Feb 201838min
S2 E1 Psychedelics and Spirituality
In this episode of On Drugs, we explore the connection between psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin and the transcendent feelings and perceptions that users report. Ethnobotanist Wade Davis share...
13 Feb 201853min
On Drugs Season 2 Preview
If you've been craving a fix of the CBC original podcast, On Drugs, the wait is nearly over. Season 2 launches February 13. Here's a chance to meet the people who put it all together and to hear some ...
8 Feb 201814min
