Harm Reduction Radio - HAMS

Ellen Tuchman Ph D of NYU's Silver School of Social Work discusses her research with female injection drug users. She discusses the issue of self vs. partner injection and many other issues faced by women who inject drugs and talks about how it is different to be a woman drug injector than a male.

Guest Laura Tompkins explains how attending twelve step programs such as AA or NA can be hazardous to your mental health. Ms Tompkins holds a Master of Arts in Addiction Studies from the Hazelden Graduate School for Addiction Studies.

Our guest Steven Slate talks about St. Jude's New York City non 12 step day class program, Cognitive Behavioral Education, and his web site The Clean Slate.

Our guest this evening is Mara B Collins who will be discussing her work using harm reduction and existential therapy.

Our guest this evening is Claudia Christian who starred as Commander Susan Ivanova in the TV series Babylon 5. She is also the author of Babylon Confidential which tells the story of how she overcame her alcohol problem by using naltrexone and The Sinclair Method.

Our guest is Johnny Lorenz who facilitates the San Francisco Drug Users Union Meetup, where current and former drug users share their successes and failures, and discuss harm reduction strategies they find helpful in moderating their use.

Our guest Donald Grove will talk about ACT UP and the history of the AIDS crisis, gay activism, harm reduction, and needle exchange in New York City.

UCLA addiction researcher Adi Jaffe Ph. D. talks about 5 damaging myths about addiction.

Our guest this evening is Sandra L. Brown, M.A., CEO of The Institute for Relational Harm Reduction & Public Pathology Education and author of Women Who Love Psychopaths: Inside the Relationships of inevitable Harm With Psychopaths, Sociopaths & Narcissists.

Our guest this evening is Martin Schechter MD, co-investigator of Vancouver, British Columbia's Project NAOMI, North America's first heroin-assisted treatment trial.  The acronym NAOMI stands for the North American Opiate Medication Initiative.