Dr. Rick Barnett is a psychologist with a doctorate in psychology and a master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology. He owns a private mental health practice in Vermont called BPS Health, LLC and is also President-Elect of the American Psych

13 - Zach Rhoads on Outgrowing Addiction

May 14th, 2019 1h 9m

Zach Rhoads is a counselor who works with families and children. Along with the psychologist Stanton Peele he has coauthored Outgrowing Addiction, a new book that explains why a developmental model of the disorder makes more sense than the dise

12 - Hamilton Morris on the Expansive World of Drugs

Dec 17th, 2018 2h

Hamilton Morris is a journalist and scientific researcher known for his documentaries, particularly those in the series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, which is available through iTunes, Google Play, Hulu, and more. He has also written a number of art

11 - Dr. Mark Lysyshyn on Fentanyl Drug Checking, Supervised Consumption Facilities & More

Nov 3rd, 2018 40m 7s

Dr. Mark Lysyshyn is a medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health in British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver region, like many parts of North America, has been strongly affected by the rise in opioid-related fatalities. Dr. Lysyshyn i

10 - Brad Burge on MAPS' Psychedelic Research, MDMA Therapy, & More

Aug 18th, 2018 52m 53s

Brad Burge is the Director of Communications at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is a leading organization in the field of psychedelic research and it has been particularly focused on MDMA-assisted psychoth

9 - Guy Jones on Drug Checking, Research Chemicals, & More

Feb 2nd, 2018 1h 53m

Guy Jones runs Reagent Tests UK and is a senior chemist for The Loop, a drug checking organization in the UK. He's also associated with Kosmicaid, a group that offers psychedelic harm reduction services at music events.Drug checking involves

8 - Lyn Ulbricht on The Silk Road Case, Injustice In The Justice System, & More

Nov 24th, 2017 1h 13m

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an online Bitcoin-based marketplace, was arrested in 2013. The authorities primarily targeted him due to the actions of Silk Road's users, who frequently utilized the site for drug transactions. Ulbricht

7 - Christopher Moraff on The "Opioid Epidemic," Philadelphia's Drug Market & More

Oct 13th, 2017 1h 22m

Christopher Moraff is a journalist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's covered the drug war and the regional impact of drug prohibition. He writes for The Daily Beast, NextCity.org, and The Crime Report. In this episode we discuss fenta

6 - Dr. David Juurlink on Opioid Risks, Problematic Prescribing & More

Sep 11th, 2017 1h 8m

David Juurlink is a physician, pharmacologist, and drug safety researcher. He's affiliated with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), the University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Cent

5 - Julian Buchanan on the Global Drug Policy Problem

Aug 23rd, 2017 1h 23m

Julian Buchanan has worked in the area of drug policy reform and education for decades. Initially a social worker/probation officer, he eventually become a professor. During the course of his teaching career, Buchanan worked at Liverpool Univ

4 - Adam from PsychedSubstance on Psychedelic Harm Reduction, Philosophy & More

Aug 7th, 2017 2h 10m

Adam is the founder of two popular YouTube channels, PsychedSubstance and SWIM. He's had an interest in drugs, most notably psychedelics and entactogens, for years.He offers entertaining content about various substances. We talk about psych

3 - Glen Carner, LMHC on Addiction, Alternatives to Abstinence & More

Jul 24th, 2017 1h 35m

Glen Carner is a psychotherapist focused on addiction. He received an MA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC).Along with working in the field of addiction treatment, Glen offers family therapy.

2 - Emanuel Sferios on MDMA Harm Reduction, Prohibition Failures & More

Jul 17th, 2017 2h 1m

Emanuel Sferios founded DanceSafe, a nonprofit harm reduction organization, in the late 1990s. For decades he has worked to combat the harms of prohibition, especially as they apply to MDMA.He's now working on a film, "MDMA The Movie," which

1 - Welcome to TDC

Jul 17th, 2017 11m 6s

This is a quick introduction to The Drug Classroom (TDC) and the podcast. TDC provides drug education and harm reduction information. The podcast will feature guests from a range of areas, including pharmacology, harm reduction, drug policy,

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