Hello everyone! This week Elle is joined with Chris Perlman and Eunice Indome, a Professor and a Masters Student from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Together they find out What’s the Crack with substance use among older adults!So, who cl

DanceSafe (with Mitchell Gomez)

Sep 18th, 2018 30m 54s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Mitchell Gomez, the Executive Director of DanceSafe. Together they find out what’s the crack with DanceSafe and their onsite reagent drug testing in the US nightlife community!So, who are DanceSafe and

The Loop (with Henry Fisher)

Aug 28th, 2018 27m 20s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Henry Fisher, partner of Hanway Associates and the senior chemist of the Loop. Together they find out what’s the crack with the Loop and their successful drug testing in festivals throughout the UK!So,

UK Drug Policy (with Steve Rolles)

Aug 14th, 2018 32m 46s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Steve Rolles, the Senior Policy Analyst from Transform Drug Policy Foundation. Together they find out What’s the Crack with Transform and their successful work with drug policy in the UK over the past

Ayahuasca (with Rev. Danny Nemu)

Jul 31st, 2018 27m 55s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Reverend Danny Nemu, a hypnotherapist, and author of Neuro-Apocalypse. Together they talk about Danny’s new book and find out what’s the crack with psychedelics and their link to cognition and language

Psychedelics with the CSSDP

Jul 17th, 2018 26m 7s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Will Bastedo, the Director/Co-director of the Toronto Chapter of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, CSSDP. Together they go deep into psychedelics and find out What’s the Crack with the resear

Drug Policy in Ireland (with Tony Duffin)

Jul 3rd, 2018 30m 30s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Tony Duffin, the CEO of the Ana Liffey Drug Project. Together they find out What’s the Crack with Ana Liffey’s successful lobby of supervised injection facilities in Ireland and their plans to work tow

Drugs, Women, and the Media (with Jenny Valentish)

Jun 19th, 2018 29m 35s

Hi everyone! This week Elle is joined with Jenny Valentish, the author of Woman of Substances! Together they find out What’s the Crack with her new book, the media’s representation of women and drugs, the language used by the media, and more!So

Psychedelics: Getting Higher (with Julian Vayne)

Jun 6th, 2018 33m 1s

Eyup listeners! Have you been waiting for an episode on psychedelics? Don’t worry, it’s here! This week Elle is joined with Julian Vayne, the author of “Getting Higher: A Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony”. Together they find out What’s the Crack

Cannabis Potency

May 22nd, 2018 29m 12s

HI ALL! This week Elle is talking with Dr Tom Freeman from the National Addiction Centre in London but who is currently in Lisbon at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Cool huh? Together, they find out what's the crack

Chemsex

May 8th, 2018 41m 15s

Hello, bonjour, hola. This week Elle is joined with Dr Adam Bourne from La Trobe University in Melbourne to learn and talk about chemsex!So, What’s the Crack with chemsex? Is everyone doing it? What drugs are used in chemsex? Is it most common

Tobacco, E-cigarettes & Cannabis

Apr 17th, 2018 27m 10s

Eyup! This week Elle is joined with Danielle Smith from Roswell Park and the University of Buffalo, United States to discuss tobacco, e-cigarettes and a little bit of cannabis!So, What’s the Crack with tobacco, e-cigarettes and cannabis? Are yo

Gambling

Apr 3rd, 2018 35m 16s

EYUP! We are back with Elle in Canada! This week Elle is discussing all things gambling and is joined with three researchers: Candice Graydon from McMaster University, and Madison Stange and Chanel Larche, from the Gambling Research Lab at Univ

On location: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Conference

Mar 20th, 2018 30m 48s

In February 2018, the best of all Tobacco, Nicotine and E-cigarette researchers gathered in Baltimore, U.S. for the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) conference. This episode, Elle talks with a crew from Australia, Germany, UK

Cannabis Legalization in Canada

Jan 9th, 2018 34m 36s

Happy new year! July 2018 is approaching fast, which means Canada is soon to legalize the non-medical use of cannabis! This week Elle is talking with Cesar Leos-Toro, a PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo. Cesar and Elle cover a lot of

"Food Addiction"

Dec 19th, 2017 26m 12s

We are back with Elle in Waterloo, Canada! This week Elle is talking with Amanda Raffoul, a PhD student from the University of Waterloo. Join Elle and Amanda to find out what’s the crack with food addiction! So, is it an addiction? Are we just

Lisbon Addictions Part 2

Dec 5th, 2017 29m 29s

In late October 2017 the great and the good of addictions policy and research gathered in Lisbon to discuss all things addictions. What's the Crack sent a crew to suffer the 30 degree heat and wonderful city of Lisbon on your behalf. This secon

Injecting Drug Use: An Episode with Dr Dan Werb

Nov 21st, 2017 26m 30s

This week we are in Toronto, Canada! Elle has made the move to Ontario, and is beginning the What’s the Crack Canadian series with Dr Dan Werb from St Michael’s Hospital, who is also the director of the International Centre for Science in Drug

What's the Crack on location: Lisbon Addictions - pt 1

Nov 7th, 2017 22m 28s

Extra Crack - an interview with Dr Gail Gilchrist

Sep 4th, 2017 26m 3s

To follow up on the intimate partner violence podcast Rob interviews Dr Gail Gilchrist about her work with perpetrators of intimate partner violence. We discuss the work, research and complexities of this important issue. Hosted on Acast. See a

What's The Crack - Making a Podcast

Jul 28th, 2017 48m 57s

Not a regular episode of What's The Crack, but a recording of a presentation by the WTC team at The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London about their experiences making a podcast from first idea to final ep

Drug Use in Films

Jun 12th, 2017 45m 2s

This week is the final week with Rob, Elle and Lindsey as a team! So their end of term special is to find out What's the Crack with Drug Use in Films?!So, how are drugs used in films? Is it accurate? What does a character's drug use say about t

Spice

May 30th, 2017 30m 26s

This week Rob, Elle and Lindsey find out What’s the Crack with Spice? Dr Nicky Kalk joins the team in a discussion about Spice and its use in the prison population. So, what is Spice? Who uses it? Given the choice, would users prefer to use can

Be Right Back!

May 15th, 2017 1m 51s

Hey What's the Crack listeners! We are missing an episode due to various circumstances, but we will be back on the 30th of May with our new episode on Spice and its use in the Prison population. It's going to be a good one so please tune back i

Intimate Partner Violence and Drug Use

May 3rd, 2017 28m 21s

This week, Rob, Elle and Lindsey find out what's the crack with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and drug use. They talk to Karen Bailey from King's College London about her research and experience working with IPV and drug and alcohol use. We d