November 07, 2025

Drugs policy: Who Does It Best?

1 hour

Should weed be legalised? What about heroin? Set aside any previously held opinions and prepare a far-out trip! In the final episode of 'Who Does It Best?' producer Wojciech is taking us across the landscape of Europe’s drug policies. From 90s Portugal to the coffee shops of Amsterdam to a little pit stop in Uruguay(!), we’re taking a deep dive into which policies are the sanest and safest on offer.

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Additional resources for this episode:

Research on Portugal’s decriminalization success story

Amsterdam’s drop-in center AMOC Zuid

Written, reported and produced by: Wojciech Oleksiak

Editor: Jasmin Baoumy

Editorial support: Dominic Kraemer, Katz Laszlo, Katy Lee, Morgan Childs

Sound design: Jesse Lou Lawson

Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

Music and SFX: Jim Barne, Epidemic, FreeSound.org

Artwork: RTiiiKA

Thanks to everyone who sat down with Wojciech to share their expertise, including Tom Decorte, Katrin Schiffer, Annika Apfel, Malu Salazar, Cedric Chervet, Adam Nowotarski, Peter Sarosi, Ferry, the De Barones crew, Reinoud van Delft, Gośka, Yahya, Leonie, AMOC clients Bouhz and Damian, Breda’s coffeeshop owners. Special thanks go to Leonie, Tom, Łukasz and Michał.

Stay safe out there!

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00:00:43 Intro: Rockstar life and drugs

00:09:55 Act I: Soft drugs, tolerance and the myth of legal weed

00:23:15 Act II: You gotta regulate that thing!

00:30:43 Act III: Total decriminalization

00:49:05 Act IV: Legalise everything, regulate everything

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