On this week’s episode, TWiD talks with Sara Gael and Irina Alexander of the Zendo Project about psychedelic harm reduction and their recent work at Burning Man 2015. As discussed on the episode, Zendo has four principles that they use to help people get through difficult experiences: Create a Safe Space Sitting, Not Guiding Talk Through, […]

On this week’s episode, we premiere a fun new segment called “Story time with Eric Sterling” of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, a man that many refer to as the godfather of the drug policy reform movement. Drug of the month: Nitrous Oxide, installment #3 (history) News stories: Newly Risen From Yeast: THC Drug Policy Discussed […]

For our first episode in the double digits, we talk about the strategies and challenges in analyzing legal marijuana markets with guests Andrew Livingston of Vicente Sederberg and Adam Orens of the Marijuana Policy Group, which recently released a first-of-its-kind study on marijuana equivalencies . Drug of the month: Nitrous Oxide, installment #2 (science) News stories: Mexico […]

In this week’s episode, we speak with Brian Gralnick and Marisa Garcia, both major activists with SSDP against the Higher Education Act’s provision that bars students with drug convictions from receiving federal financial aid. Drug of the month: Nitrous Oxide, installment #1 (where it comes from and how it’s used) Shout-out: Drug Policy Alliance, the nation’s leading organization promoting drug […]

In this week’s episode, we speak with Dr. Malik Burnett and Garrett Reuscher, who both helped lead Washington D.C.’s successful marijuana legalization campaign to discuss the current status of marijuana in DC, along with the issues that Congress and DC’s unique status have caused in a post-prohibition world. Drug of the month: Cocaine, installment #4 (trends). Shout-out: Love […]

In this week’s episode, the TWiD crew was honored to speak with Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of Ross Ulbricht, who was recently convicted for running the Silk Road online marketplace under the (shared?) pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts. We were also joined by Meghan Ralston, former Harm Reduction Manager for the Drug Policy Alliance, to talk about the website […]

The SSDPness is palpable in this week’s episode of TWiD, as Sam and Rachelle bring on Kris Krane, President of 4Front Ventures and former Students for Sensible Drug Policy Executive Director, and Betty Aldworth, current Executive Director of SSDP, to talk about student-led social change, the marijuana industry, and more. Drug of the month: Cocaine, installment #2 (science). News stories: […]

In their fifth episode, the TWiD crew switches up “drug of the week” to a new format, while tackling cocaine as their first “drug of the month”. This week’s guest expert is Lisa Raville of the Harm Reduction Action Center, who discusses the current opiate overdose epidemic, life-saving naloxone, and other harm reduction policies and […]

This week’s episode features our first roundtable interview with a sitting government official, Mike Lawlor, Undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning in Connecticut – here to discuss upcoming criminal justice reforms in the state, along with the impact of past sensible drug policy reforms that have taken place. Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn

In this week’s episode, Sam and Rachelle discuss MDMA as the drug of the week, and invite special guests Brooke Gilbert of the AMPLIFY project and Stefanie Jones, Nightlife Community Engagement Manager with the Drug Policy Alliance. Thanks for listening, and don’t forget to subscribe and rate! Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn