Dad Does Drugs

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Journalist and father of 3, Bob Diggles, has spent a year getting to know the drug landscape in the UK.On this podcast Bob meets scientists, criminologists, festival organisers, musicians, politicians... more

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June 05, 2019 11: Meeting Mr MDMA
Emmanuel Sferios is the founder of Dancesafe. He’s making MDMA The Movie. He’s the host of the drug positive podcast. And he’s a really thought provoking guest, especially if all you’ve ever heard of ecstasy are horror stories. Next week the guest is Norman Lamb MP, a former Lib Dem health minister and one of […]
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1h 21min
May 29, 2019 10: Who is Harry Shapiro?
It depends, this is the one I spoke to, he’s the director of Drugwise. Don’t get him confused with this one. And certainly not this one The one we want has written a couple of hit books about drugs and music and drugs and Hollywood. Then Bob talks to his 13 year old son Credence […]
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1h 16min
May 22, 2019 9: Cannabis with Dr Suzi Gage
Dr Suzi Gage is a psychologist. She looks at the links between lifestyle behaviours (like drug taking) and mental health. She’s also the host of a super science podcast, Say Why to Drugs, and tells Bob all about that, her research and some evidence based truths about cannabis. Then Bob talks to his teenage son […]
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1h 21min
May 15, 2019 8: Drugs and Girls
A year ago, 18 year old Georgia Jones took two ecstasy pills at a festival and died. This year her mum Janine Milburn is going back to give try to educate festival goers about drug safety, first aid and drug testing. Georgia Jones – Don't Go With The Flo Bob talks to Janine, then has […]
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1h 23min
May 08, 2019 7: Under (peer) Pressure & Teenage Kicks
Felix Bechtolsheimer is frontman of cinematic, southern, gothic alt-rock band Curse Of Lono and before that Hey Negrita. Prior to that he was a troubled teenager, a drug dustbin and a heroin addict. Felix talks candidly about his younger days, and how he got his life back on track to where he now describes himself […]
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49min
May 01, 2019 6: All the Fun (and the Fears) of the Festival
With festival season fast approaching, Bob wants to know how to keep his children safe if they join thousands of people in a field full of music, booze and drugs. He talks to Anna Wade from Boomtown Fair about how they’ve responded to tragedy with a proactive, harm reduction focused drug policy. Boomtown Fair on […]
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56min
April 24, 2019 5: The K Hole
In Episode 5 Bob looks at the dissociative psychedelic ketamine. Use of K is rising among young people in the UK . He meets Wendy Teasdill whose daughter Eleanor died in 2013 after taking it at Boomtown Festival, because her body reacted badly to the small amount of alcohol she'd drunk with it. Then Bob […]
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58min
April 24, 2019 Episode 5: The K Hole
In Episode 5 Bob looks at the dissociative psychedelic ketamine. Use of K is rising among young people in the UK .
He meets Wendy Teasdill whose daughter Eleanor died in 2013 after taking it at Boomtown Festival, because her body reacted badly to the small amount of alcohol she’d drunk with it.
Then Bob and his teenage son Credence have a chat about ketamine harm reduction, bladder problems, festivals and his Aunty in the police.
BBC Inside Out film at Boomtown 2018 with Wendy and her family
Dr Russell Newcombe’s risk comparison table
In the next episode Bob talks to Anna Wade, one of the founders of Boomtown Festival, about their drug policy since Ellie (and other) drug fatalities at the event.
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58min
April 17, 2019 4: Sound Of The Police
In Episode 4 Bob looks at drug policing in the UK in 2019 and how it’s affecting young people. He talks to Detective Superintendent Scott MacKechnie : Head of Serious Organised Crime with Hampshire Constabulary and the force lead for drug-related harm. Then Bob and his own teenage son Credence have a chat about working in […]
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1h 22min
April 17, 2019 Episode 4: Sound Of The Police
In Episode 4 Bob looks at drug policing in the UK in 2019 and how it’s affecting young people.
He talks to Detective Superintendent Scott MacKechnie : Head of Serious Organised Crime with Hampshire Constabulary and the force lead for drug-related harm.
Then Bob and his own teenage son Credence have a chat about working in the police, teenage exaggeration & taking care online.
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1h 22min

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How many episodes does Dad Does Drugs have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.