Drugs and Stuff: A Podcast from the Drug Policy Alliance

Welcome to Drugs & Stuff. We're a podcast about drugs, harm reduction, mass criminalization, the drug war, and other stuff from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) – the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We bring in a wide variety of experts – from scientists to activists, writers to teachers – to hear about how drugs and drug policy play a role in their work and lives. We also offer a peek behind the scenes as we feature DPA staff talking about the work they do.

Episode 48: Classwide Scheduling of Fentanyl-Related Substances Won’t Save Lives - It Will Overcriminalize Them 02/10/2022

Episode 47: Maia Szalavitz Considers Harm Reduction’s Past and Future 09/20/2021

Episode 46: The Brotherhood Sister Sol’s Dr. Marsha Jean-Charles on the Drug War and the Education System 07/21/2021

Episode 45: “Puff or Pass”: The Iconic, Ironic D.A.R.E. Shirt 07/14/2021

Episode 44: Screenwriter Priscila García-Jacquier on Challenging the Narcos Narrative 06/30/2021

Episode 43: The Ordinary People Society’s Pastor Kenneth Glasgow on the Drug War and the Public Benefits System 05/19/2021

Episode 42: Movement for Family Power’s Lisa Sangoi on the Drug War and the Family Regulation System 04/14/2021

Episode 41: Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Talks All Drug Decriminalization and Alternatives to Policing 03/10/2021

Episode 40: Christine Minhee on the Promises and Perils of Opioid Litigation 10/21/2020

Episode 39: After Her Son Overdosed and Died, Jessie Dunleavy Realized it Was Preventable 09/02/2020

Episode 38: Keri Blakinger Reports on the Criminal Justice System That Once Held Her 08/19/2020

Episode 37: Police Militarization is Not Normal 07/15/2020

Episode 36: “Puff or Pass”: What Law & Order SVU Has to Say About Drugs and Policing 06/24/2020

Episode 35: Kerwin Kaye on How Drug Courts Coerce, Control, and Continue to Harm Communities in Need 06/10/2020

Episode 34: Six Months Later, Safety First Drug Education Continues to Evolve 05/20/2020

Episode 33: “Puff or Pass”: Can The Simpsons Really School Us on Cannabis? 05/13/2020

Episode 32: The Insidious Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration 05/06/2020

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 spread, exacerbating the stress and anxiety that people who are non-citizens and/or undocumented already feel when dealing with a system that is unforgiving in its measures. This week activist Alejandra Pablos joins us to share her experience in one of these centers, in conversation with DPA’s Director of National Affairs Maritza Perez and DPA’s California State Director Jeannette Zanipatin. They examine how the drug war drives much of what’s happening at the federal, state, and local levels with immigration court and ICE raids, and share the urgent need for decarceration and calls for advocacy. This episode’s guests have listed some resources below for listeners who’d like to take a deeper dive. This contains various actions readers can take to help immigrants rights now, including actions around the #FreeThemAll campaign. The contributes directly to farmworkers who have been left out of Congressional relief packages. Immigrant leaders with the Cosecha Movement launched a national immigrant worker fund to distribute immediate emergency relief to undocumented workers who have been excluded from receiving any federal aid. You can . The from Detention Watch Network is an essential guide to supporting the #FreeThemAll movement at this time. ICE’s official guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic . Vox analyzed the policy and the discrepancies within it by a co-director and assistant director at Cal ACLU’s immigration response committee outlines the many issues with immigration detention during a pandemic and links to petitions. DPA’s contains sign on letters and other actions around immigration and other issues related to drug policy in the pandemic. /episode/index/show/drugsandstuff/id/14281460