In this month's episode we meet with Shane Varcoe, Executive Director of the Dalgarno Institute. Join us as we discuss some of the more nuanced aspects of the global drug policy debate including drug use normalization and harm reduction in the Australian context.Shane Varcoe is currently the Executive Director for the Dalgarno Institute (Coalition Of Alcohol & Drug Educators) a long standing Alcohol & Other Drugs (AOD), community based, not-for-profit, public interest coalition. As an...

We chat with Dave Closson, director of the mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center to discuss the role of motivational interviewing in campus prevention and the importance of building connection in disparate prevention organizations. Dave is a national expert on substance misuse prevention and law enforcement. He is the author of the Amazon Best Seller, “Motivational Interviewing for Campus Police.” Dave was named to the “Top 40 Under 40 Military Class of 2016” by Military Tra...

In this episode we are joined by guest Boro Goic, a founding member of the Recovered Users Network (RUN). We not only discuss Boro's personal journey to recovery and the important work RUN is doing, but we also touch on the importance of establishing recovery oriented systems of care in communities throughout the world. Further points of discussion include the still-persistent stigma around addiction and recovery and the importance of giving persons in long-term recovery a voice i...

Join us as we meet with Augusto Nogueira, Executive Director of the Association for Rehabilitation of Drug Users in Macau (ARTM). We talk about ARTM's unique approach to treating addiction and re-integrating addicts into society through long-term aftercare, skills training, and the arts.

Join our discussion with economist and public health expert Theo Caputi as we discuss how the marijuana industry uses poorly-designed research to market their products and make unsubstantiated claims regarding health benefits and safety. We also discuss the economic and societal costs of marijuana legalization.Theodore Caputi is a public health and economics researcher and a second-year Ph.D. student in the Economics program at MIT. He is also the author of the Behavioral He...

In this episode, Dr. Mohr joins with Dichen Choden, Program Officer with the Colombo Plan’s Drug Advisory Program, to discuss her pilot project to train Afghan teachers in the Universal Prevention Curriculum.

An author, consultant, former advisor to three U.S. presidential administrations, assistant professor, and the President and CEO of SAM, Dr. Kevin Sabet joins us simultaneously with the launch of his new book, SmokeScreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know.