The ladies discuss whether personal possession of drugs should be decriminalised in the UK and if this would reduce the incidence of addiction and drug-related deaths, the trend for personalised health and beauty and whether the products are truly bespoke or simply a marketing ploy by the beauty industry, the actions we need to take to protect our children from sexual assault following a recent incident involving an 11 year old school girl in Mitcham, South London, and the rise of platonic coparenting – having a baby with someone you are not romantically involved with and choose not to live with.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es022

(Website – Show notes and links to support for those affected by or concerned about sexual assault, drug or alcohol addiction)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/08/testing-drugs-festivals-lifesaver-study

(Article – Testing drugs at festivals is ‘a lifesaver’, study finds – Jamie Doward for The Observer)

https://youtu.be/4lJ6DLABXwA

(Video – Criminal Justice, Photos Of Your Ex, Period Poverty & Age Gap Relationships | ETHNICALLY SPEAKING 16 – United Melanin Group)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-54537419

(Video – Portugal's radical decision to decriminalise all drugs – BBC News)

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radical-drugs-policy-is-working-why-hasnt-the-world-copied-it

(Article – Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it? – Susana Ferreira for The Guardian)

https://youtu.be/Z8KHJRJKQSg

(Video – How Does Kim Jong-un Make Money? Defector explains – Voice of North Korea by Yeonmi Park YouTube channel)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nitty

(Explainer – Nitty – Urban Dictionary)

https://www.talktofrank.com/drugs-a-z#M

(Explainer – Drugs A-Z – FRANK)

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/

(Explainer – Drug addiction: getting help – NHS website)

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/mental-health/alcoholism

(Explainer – Alcoholism: signs, symptoms and treatment – Drinkaware)

https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/gender-neutral-skin-care

(Article – Is The Future Of Beauty Non-Binary? – Freddie Braun for Vogue)

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/special-orders-dont-upset-us/591367/

(Article – The Future of Marketing Is Bespoke Everything – Amanda Mull for The Atlantic)

https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/03/man-26-arrested-over-alleged-abduction-and-rape-in-london-13531362/

(Article – Man, 26, arrested over alleged abduction and rape in London – James Hockaday for Metro)

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/child-sexual-abuse/

(Explainer – Sexual abuse – NSPCC)

https://youtu.be/3y97JejbyQI

(Video – Black History Month, Startup Side Hustles, #EndSars & Proposing At Weddings | ETHNICALLY SPEAKING 20 – United Melanin Group)

https://www.coparents.co.uk/

(Website – CoParents)

https://www.modamily.com/

(Website – Modamily)

https://www.pollentree.com/

(Website – PollenTree)

https://www.netflix.com/title/70157256

(TV Series – Sister, Sister – Netflix)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/31/i-wanted-to-meet-a-mate-and-have-a-baby-without-wasting-time-the-rise-of-platonic-co-parenting

(Article – ‘I wanted to meet a mate and have a baby without wasting time’: the rise of platonic co-parenting – Deborah Linton for The Guardian)

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