Harm Reduction Radio - HAMS

Our guest tonight is David Rudy Ph D, author of the book Becoming Alcoholic: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism which discusses the conversion process of affiliation with AA from a sociologist's perspective.

Our first guest is Jenifer Talley PhD who teaches courses in substance abuse treatment with a focus on harm reduction at The New School University.

 

Our second guest, who wishes to remain anonymous, will discuss underground needle exchange programs in Texas where possession of a syringe is a crime.

Our guests tonight are Estate "Tato" Sokhadze PhD and Christopher Stewart MD, both of the University of Louisville, who will be discussing their research in using biofeedback in addictions treatment.

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Our guest is Moe Sattar, founder of the Safe Rides Unlimited drunk driving prevention program. Don't want a DUI? Safe ride programs are one of the best DUI prevention strategies out there!

Our guest tonight is Donna J. Cornett, founder of the Drink Link moderate drinking program and author of 7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking: How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake and other books.

Join us as Sarz Maxwell MD of the Chicago Recovery Alliance talks about methadone, buprenorphine, and discrimination against maintenance patients which occurs in communities and even in methadone clinics themselves.

Our first guest is Dr. David J. Hanson who operates the web site Alcohol Problems & Solutions. Dr. Hanson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at SUNY Potsdam. Our second guest is Dr Sarah Bowen of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington. Dr. Bowen, together with Dr. Neha Chawla, is the author of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors A Clinician's Guide.

Our first guest is Patt Denning Ph D who will be talking about her new book Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy 2nd Edition, which is a must read for all mental health and substance abuse treatment professionals. This second edition is not merely an update of the first--it is a whole new book.

 

Our second guest is Gabrielle Glaser who will be talking about her forthcoming book Uncorked which explores the history of women and alcohol in America and discusses why AA can be such a bad fit for women drinkers.

Our guest is Jeffrey Dhywood, author of World War D. The Case against prohibitionism, roadmap to controlled re-legalization.

The number of drug overdose deaths has more than tripled in the US since 1990. More than 100 people die of a drug overdose in the US every day. This increase was not caused by illegal street drugs--the number of deaths from heroin overdose remains relatively constant. The majority of drug overdose deaths in America today are cause by prescription painkillers. Sales of prescription painkillers in the US have tripled since 1999--paralleling the tripling of drug overdose deaths. Project Lazarus in North Carolina is fighting these drug overdose deaths with overdose prevention kits and naloxone, and they are succeeding in turning the tide. Our guests tonight are Project Lazarus workers Fred Wells Brason II and Nabarun Dasgupta who will fill us in on what is happening.