Journalist Jack Holmes joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why heroin and fentanyl are now easily-accessible street drugs, and if this radical way of confronting addiction as a behavioral-health issue is doing more harm than good.
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Marijuana and psychedelics: New thinking about old substances
As drug laws loosen up nationwide, users and those who care for them are evolving the way they think about some illicit substances. This hour, we’ll talk specifically about two categories with growing user bases: cannabis and psychedelics.
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The rise of super meth
Journalist Sam Quinones joins us to discuss the rise in synthetic meth, the economic costs to the marketplace of illicit drugs, and the emotional and physical toll it’s had on those addicted.
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Psychedelic drugs are back — here’s what’s different this time around
Zoe Cormier discusses how Big Pharma has entered the psychedelics game – and these drugs’ new-found champions in Silicon Valley.
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Even the ancient Greeks suffered from addiction
Carl Erik Fisher discusses his own struggle with alcoholism and his search to find answers in the policies, people and treatments of both the recent and distant past.
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This is why your meds are getting more expensive
Dr. John Abramson explains the financial interests that influence drug research and consumer release, and how that plays into America’s health care system.
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The rise of super meth
Journalist Sam Quinones joins us to discuss the rise in synthetic meth, the economic costs to the marketplace of illicit drugs, and the emotional and physical toll it’s had on those addicted.
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How to keep drug users alive long enough to recover
Maia Szalavitz joins us to discuss a new approach to drug treatment created by drug users and public health experts ready to think outside the box.
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In A World Of Distraction, Your Attention Is Precious
Casey Schwartz joins us to talk about her experience of once being addicted to drugs that promised her better thinking, and about the pluses and minuses of distraction.
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Better Loving Through Chemistry
Brian D. Earp joins us to argue that drugs that can help strengthen – and sever – relationships are out there now, and it’s time to understand the ethics and morals behind their use.
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Should We Enable Safe Drug Use?
Journalist Kate Knibbs joins us to talk about a movement to allow medically-supervised drug use aiming at keeping addicts alive.
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The Odd Couple: Timothy Leary and Richard Nixon
Bill Minutaglio joins us to talk about what the rivalry between President Nixon and Timothy Leary said about division in the country at that time.
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