The Drug Classroom

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What's The Drug Classroom about?

The Drug Classroom (TDC) is an educational resource focused on drugs, drug policy, and related areas.

TDC covers a range of topics, including neuroscience, pharmacology, and history.

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The Drug Classroom episodes:

10.06.2019
14 - Dr. Rick Barnett on Why Psychologists Should Be Able to Prescribe Medications
Dr. Rick Barnett is a psychologist with a doctorate in psychology and a master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology. He owns a private mental health practice in Vermont called BPS Health, LLC and is also President-Elect of the American Psychology Association's...
05.14.2019
13 - Zach Rhoads on Outgrowing Addiction
Zach Rhoads is a counselor who works with families and children. Along with the psychologist Stanton Peele he has coauthored Outgrowing Addiction, a new book that explains why a developmental model of the disorder makes more sense than the disease...
12.17.2018
12 - Hamilton Morris on the Expansive World of Drugs
Hamilton Morris is a journalist and scientific researcher known for his documentaries, particularly those in the series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, which is available through iTunes, Google Play, Hulu, and more. He has also written a number of articles for Harpers, which...
11.03.2018
11 - Dr. Mark Lysyshyn on Fentanyl Drug Checking, Supervised Consumption Facilities & More
Dr. Mark Lysyshyn is a medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health in British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver region, like many parts of North America, has been strongly affected by the rise in opioid-related fatalities. Dr. Lysyshyn is among those...
08.18.2018
10 - Brad Burge on MAPS' Psychedelic Research, MDMA Therapy, & More
Brad Burge is the Director of Communications at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is a leading organization in the field of psychedelic research and it has been particularly focused on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, largely for PTSD. MDMA appears to...
02.02.2018
9 - Guy Jones on Drug Checking, Research Chemicals, & More
Guy Jones runs Reagent Tests UK and is a senior chemist for The Loop, a drug checking organization in the UK. He's also associated with Kosmicaid, a group that offers psychedelic harm reduction services at music events. Drug checking involves analyzing...
11.24.2017
8 - Lyn Ulbricht on The Silk Road Case, Injustice In The Justice System, & More
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an online Bitcoin-based marketplace, was arrested in 2013. The authorities primarily targeted him due to the actions of Silk Road's users, who frequently utilized the site for drug transactions. Ulbricht was eventually sentenced...
10.13.2017
7 - Christopher Moraff on The "Opioid Epidemic," Philadelphia's Drug Market & More
Christopher Moraff is a journalist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's covered the drug war and the regional impact of drug prohibition. He writes for The Daily Beast, NextCity.org, and The Crime Report. In this episode we discuss fentanyl's impact on the...
09.11.2017
6 - Dr. David Juurlink on Opioid Risks, Problematic Prescribing & More
David Juurlink is a physician, pharmacologist, and drug safety researcher. He's affiliated with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), the University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Though he deals with many drug classes in his daily work,...
08.23.2017
5 - Julian Buchanan on the Global Drug Policy Problem
Julian Buchanan has worked in the area of drug policy reform and education for decades. Initially a social worker/probation officer, he eventually become a professor. During the course of his teaching career, Buchanan worked at Liverpool University, University of...
08.07.2017
4 - Adam from PsychedSubstance on Psychedelic Harm Reduction, Philosophy & More
Adam is the founder of two popular YouTube channels, PsychedSubstance and SWIM. He's had an interest in drugs, most notably psychedelics and entactogens, for years. He offers entertaining content about various substances. We talk about psychedelic harm reduction, philosophy, microdosing, and...
07.24.2017
3 - Glen Carner, LMHC on Addiction, Alternatives to Abstinence & More
Glen Carner is a psychotherapist focused on addiction. He received an MA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). Along with working in the field of addiction treatment, Glen offers family therapy. His practice, Family & Addiction...
07.17.2017
2 - Emanuel Sferios on MDMA Harm Reduction, Prohibition Failures & More
Emanuel Sferios founded DanceSafe, a nonprofit harm reduction organization, in the late 1990s. For decades he has worked to combat the harms of prohibition, especially as they apply to MDMA. He's now working on a film, "MDMA The Movie," which will...
07.17.2017
1 - Welcome to TDC
This is a quick introduction to The Drug Classroom (TDC) and the podcast. TDC provides drug education and harm reduction information. The podcast will feature guests from a range of areas, including pharmacology, harm reduction, drug policy, and neuroscience. You...

What's The Drug Classroom about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Drug Classroom episodes:

14 - Dr. Rick Barnett on Why Psychologists Should Be Able to Prescribe Medications

13 - Zach Rhoads on Outgrowing Addiction

12 - Hamilton Morris on the Expansive World of Drugs

11 - Dr. Mark Lysyshyn on Fentanyl Drug Checking, Supervised Consumption Facilities & More

10 - Brad Burge on MAPS' Psychedelic Research, MDMA Therapy, & More

9 - Guy Jones on Drug Checking, Research Chemicals, & More

8 - Lyn Ulbricht on The Silk Road Case, Injustice In The Justice System, & More

7 - Christopher Moraff on The "Opioid Epidemic," Philadelphia's Drug Market & More

6 - Dr. David Juurlink on Opioid Risks, Problematic Prescribing & More

5 - Julian Buchanan on the Global Drug Policy Problem

4 - Adam from PsychedSubstance on Psychedelic Harm Reduction, Philosophy & More

3 - Glen Carner, LMHC on Addiction, Alternatives to Abstinence & More

2 - Emanuel Sferios on MDMA Harm Reduction, Prohibition Failures & More

1 - Welcome to TDC

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