Ranked #1
Episode 15: Building a World Where Legal Psychedelics Make Sense
Episode 15: Building a World Where Legal Psychedelics Make Sense
The time has come for people who care about psychedelics to step out of the shadows and bring our voices to the table. I... Read more
19 Apr 2018
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52mins
Ranked #2
Episode 28: Joe Rubin Taught Safety First in His Health Classes: Here’s What He Thought
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... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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42mins
Ranked #3
Episode 24: Sheila Vakharia Connects the Dots between Harm Reduction and Social Work
Episode 24: Sheila Vakharia Connects the Dots between Harm Reduction and Social Work
In the latest episode of Drugs & Stuff, we are joined by DPA’s Sheila Vakharia, Ph.D., a researcher in the office of... Read more
8 May 2019
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38mins
Ranked #4
Episode 25: Ben Westhoff's Journey into Fentanyl Production and Harm Reduction
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... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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35mins
Ranked #5
Episode 03: Marvin Washington Connects The Dots - Marijuana, Athletes, Activism, NFL Protests & Drug War Policing
Episode 03: Marvin Washington Connects The Dots - Marijuana, Athletes, Activism, NFL Protests & Drug War Policing
We're back with a timely new episode. This week we sat down with Marvin Washington, former NFL player and Super Bowl cha... Read more
28 Sep 2017
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41mins
Ranked #6
Episode 20: The Results Are In - "Safety First" Is The Future Of Drug Education
Episode 20: The Results Are In - "Safety First" Is The Future Of Drug Education
DPA’s revolutionary high school drug education curriculum “Safety First” was piloted at Bard High School Early College M... Read more
27 Jun 2018
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24mins
Ranked #7
Episode 34: Six Months Later, Safety First Drug Education Continues to Evolve
Episode 34: Six Months Later, Safety First Drug Education Continues to Evolve
When the Drug Policy Alliance publicly released our harm reduction-based drug education curriculum Safety First in Octob... Read more
20 May 2020
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22mins
Ranked #8
Episode 30: Why Decarceration Matters Now, and Why it Always Has
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 mom... Read more
22 Apr 2020
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46mins
Ranked #9
Episode 05: Marsha Rosenbaum Talks About What Drug Education Should Look Like For Young People
Episode 05: Marsha Rosenbaum Talks About What Drug Education Should Look Like For Young People
We pulled aside a handful of experts to talk with us during the Drug Policy Alliance's 2017 International Drug Policy Re... Read more
25 Oct 2017
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28mins
Ranked #10
Episode 13: The Opposite of D.A.R.E – DPA Launches New High School Drug Education Curriculum in a NYC School
Episode 13: The Opposite of D.A.R.E – DPA Launches New High School Drug Education Curriculum in a NYC School
Remember last year when we sat down with DPA’s Marsha Rosenbaum to talk about what drug education should look like for y... Read more
3 Apr 2018
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26mins
Ranked #11
Episode 19: Bernard Noble Shares His Story, Getting Sentenced to 13 Years for Two Joints
Episode 19: Bernard Noble Shares His Story, Getting Sentenced to 13 Years for Two Joints
We were lucky to talk with Bernard Noble, who recently came home after serving more than 7 years in a Louisiana prison. ... Read more
12 Jun 2018
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29mins
Ranked #12
Episode 08: California’s Proposition 64 - Marijuana Legalization One Year Later
Episode 08: California’s Proposition 64 - Marijuana Legalization One Year Later
On November 8, 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized possession and consumption of marijuana ... Read more
8 Nov 2017
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36mins
Ranked #13
Episode 11: The State Of Marijuana Reform In The Sessions Justice Department Era
Episode 11: The State Of Marijuana Reform In The Sessions Justice Department Era
In early January, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Mr. “good people don’t smoke marijuana”) began the year by firing... Read more
1 Feb 2018
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23mins
Ranked #14
Episode 33: “Puff or Pass”: Can The Simpsons Really School Us on Cannabis?
Episode 33: “Puff or Pass”: Can The Simpsons Really School Us on Cannabis?
We’ve all been there: you’re watching TV or a movie, playing a video game or listening to some music, when drugs enter t... Read more
13 May 2020
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18mins
Ranked #15
Episode 31: What Does DPA Do During a Pandemic?
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, ... Read more
29 Apr 2020
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19mins
Ranked #16
Episode 06: Dr. Malik Burnett On Marijuana Legalization As A Racial Justice Issue And Physicians For Legalization
Episode 06: Dr. Malik Burnett On Marijuana Legalization As A Racial Justice Issue And Physicians For Legalization
Dr. Malik Burnett is a general surgeon and former DPA staff member who successfully led our campaign to pass Initiative ... Read more
30 Oct 2017
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14mins
Ranked #17
Episode 04: Meet DPA’s New Executive Director, Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno
Episode 04: Meet DPA’s New Executive Director, Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno
We sat down with DPA’s new executive director to find out more about her history and look ahead to next week’s gathering... Read more
3 Oct 2017
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27mins
Ranked #18
Episode 12: DPA Media Veteran Tony Newman Explains How We Are All Drug Users, And Offers A New Approach
Episode 12: DPA Media Veteran Tony Newman Explains How We Are All Drug Users, And Offers A New Approach
Long-time Drug Policy Alliance media relations director, Tony Newman, joined the latest episode of Drugs & Stuff to ... Read more
26 Feb 2018
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35mins
Ranked #19
Episode 10: Planning to Get F*cked Up This New Year’s Eve? Here Are Five Ways to Be Safe and Have Fun
Episode 10: Planning to Get F*cked Up This New Year’s Eve? Here Are Five Ways to Be Safe and Have Fun
It’s the end of the year, people are getting excited about the holidays, and millions of people are making plans for par... Read more
20 Dec 2017
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34mins
Ranked #20
Episode 09: AlterNet Editor-At-Large Jan Frel Explains That "We're All Drug Users"
Episode 09: AlterNet Editor-At-Large Jan Frel Explains That "We're All Drug Users"
AlterNet editor-at-large and associate publisher Jan Frel sits down with us to expound on non-problematic drug use and h... Read more
4 Dec 2017
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15mins