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Sarah talks about the 25th Harm Reduction International Conference with Zoë Dodd, Hepatitis C Program Coordinator at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Nazlee Maghsoudi, Knowledge Translation Manager at the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy, and Dr. Vimarie Narloch, Drug Education Manager at Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
News Updates:
- Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s Call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
- Consultant found not guilty in Flandreau marijuana trial
- Do Psychedelic Trips Change Your Political Views?
- Deputies discover illegal poppy field worth up to half a billion dollars in Catawba Co.
Headlines:
- Morgue workers in Tanzania jailed for stealing drugs from corpse’s stomach
- Gunmen try, and fail, to rob a D.C. medical marijuana dispensary
- Senate measure calls for study on opioid injection sites
- Safe places to use drugs would save $6M in costs associated with opioid epidemic, study finds
- Ricketts gets victory as lawmakers fail to override veto on felons’ voting rights bill
Forecast:
- 6/12: SSDP’s Sensible Celebration
- 6/12-6/14: NCIA’s 4th Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo
- 6/26: Support Don’t Punish 2017 Global Day of Action
Sponsor:
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Drug History:
- Rehabilitation in the Gilded Age
- Bibliography:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age
- http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/5595
- http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2014/08/the-cocaine-fiends-of-gilded-age-new.html
- http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/drug-addiction/history-rehab-facilities/
- http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1611239784&ResourceType=Building
- http://nysasylum.com/biahist.htm
- Bibliography:
Call to Action:
- Participate in Support Don’t Punish!
- Email liz.singh@me.com if interested in the Harm Reduction Left
- Host drug checking workshops when possible
- Be highly critical of the emerging treatment industry
- Read “A Quiet Revolution: Drug Decriminalisation Across the Globe“
Music Credits:
Intro: Dance for Sport by the2ba
Transition: 10 Minutes by Spencer Rudnick
Transition: Jacobs Beach by Free the Mammoth
Outro: Stay by New Neighbors
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I really enjoyed listening to your program. I work for a peer based drug user organisation in Canberra, Australia called CAHMA as the Policy, Advocacy and Peer Support Worker. I was in Montreal and spoke at the INPUD Pre-Conference (International Network of People who Use Drugs) on Neoliberalism and the War on people use drugs.I was in the auditorium when the protest against the Canadian Health Minister took place. Whilst I agree completely with the need to hold politicians to account as one of the most marginalised communities you need to be very cautious about burning allies. A Healrh Minister taking decisions that she has (heroin program, new supervised injecting facilities etc) in Australia would be stunning. Our politicians continue to hide behind drug war propaganda and are simply pathetic. I produce a weekly 2 hour radio show entitled “News from the Drug War Front” on 2XX Canberra’s Community Radio. The 2 XX website has “audio on demand” so you can listen to shows when it suits the listener. Thanks for your excellent program.