On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Recovery and Community.According to its website, the Recovery Cafe Network, established in 2016, is “comprised of Recovery Cafés committed to serving people who have experienced trauma and the results of trauma like homelessness, subs...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A conversation with drug policy activist and researcher Kurtis Hanna.In 2002, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Shafer Commission, I did some research on the report and Nixon. Back then, to listen to any of the Nixon tape...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A Conversation with NORML Board Chair Dan Viets.This month on Free Culture host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with attorney and civil rights advocate Dan Viets, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Organization for ...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins in Ireland.The government of the Republic of Ireland formed a Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use in 2023 to quote consider the legislative, policy and operational changes Ireland could make to signif...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: FDA’s Agony Over Ecstasy. The Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee met recently and rejected a new drug application for MDMA-Assisted Therapy which had been submitted by Lykos Therapeutics. The Co...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Medical Cannabis in the Time of Corporate Legalization. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Anthony Taylor, co-founder and Legislative Director of Compassionate Oregon.Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Did the Biden Pot Pardons Go Far Enough?Students for Sensible Drug Policy kicked off its #420WeekOfUnity with a news conference on April 15 entitled Whom Did the Biden Pardons Help—And Did They Go Far Enough? We hear from SSDP Execut...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Through the Policy Loophole.Drugs, like so many other things, were much simpler in the Twentieth Century. On this month’s Free Culture Radio, host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Alyssa Harlow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cl...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: De Facto or De Jure.The drug war is fundamentally unsustainable. We keep throwing more and more money into the effort, made all kinds of minor repairs to the system to try and keep it going like treatment alternatives to incarceration...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: The Harm Reduction Gap.Sheila Vakharia, PhD, MSW, Deputy Director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance joins host Doug McVay to talk about her new book, The Harm Reduction Gap: Helping Indi...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Getting On Track.In 2019, the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs issued a Ministerial Declaration on drugs, which laid down the main objectives of the international community in addressing the world drug situation for a 10-year period...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Drug Use During Pandemic.We hear from Doctor Sheila Vakharia, Deputy Director of Research and Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance, on the Health Impacts of State Policies, Drug Decriminalization and Service Access. Plus a ...Door KBOO Community Radio

The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will hold a high-level ‘mid-term review’ in March of 2024 to take stock of progress made and challenges remaining for the international drug control regime. In preparation for this, the International Drug Policy Consortium hel...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: International Development and the War on Drugs.We’re joined by Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, to discuss Colombia, development aid, and the war on drugs. Plus, Harm Reduction Inte...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Treatment, Recovery, and the Impact of Measure 110.We’re joined in conversation by Monta Knudson, Executive Director of Bridges To Change, to discuss treatment, recovery, and the impact of the Measure 110, the Drug Addiction Treatmen...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest.The Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute at the University of Washington has issued a new report entitled “Unmet Needs, Complex Motivations, and Ideal Care for People Using Fentanyl in Washington Stat...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Drugs, Law Enforcement, and Public Health - A conversation with Doctor Bradley Ray, a Senior Justice and Behavioral Health Researcher at RTI International and one of the co-authors of an article entitled “Spatiotemporal Analysis Explor...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio, Defending the Humanity of People Who Sell Drugs: a conversation with Hilary Agro, an anthropology PhD student at the University of British Columbia and a researcher whose studies include drug policy, activism, and the harms of prohibit...Door KBOO Community Radio

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Drug Policy, Environmental Protection, and the Rights of Indigenous PeopleEfforts are ongoing around the world to better align national and international drug policies with other crucial areas of concern including protecting the envi...Door KBOO Community Radio

Safe supply, safe spaces to consume, and the decriminalization of people who use drugs: a conversation with Haven Wheelock, Drug Users Health Services Program Coordinator at Portland-area nonprofit Outside In.Haven and host Doug McVay also discuss the new documentary Love ...Door KBOO Community Radio