Episode 88: Helping Harm Reduction Flourish with Joy Rucker
Harm reduction means so many different things to so many different people, and some have even grown weary of the way the term has now been weaponized. How do we get back to the true core of helping people? Maybe by returning to the roots of the harm reduction movement to understand why these practi…
Episode 89: Can Good Drug Policy Survive 2025?
Last year was a crazy time for drug policy and 2025 is looking to up the ante on the chaos. Narcotica hosts Chris Moraff, Aaron Ferguson and Troy Farah reflect on what went wrong, what can be done and what to hope for, even in the midst of an escalating crisis.
They discuss the recent counts in ov…
Episode 90: Navigating Shifting Chemical Landscapes with Claire Zagorski
The endless whac-a-mole of the drug war, banning one chemical as soon as three more become popular, can never be won. That just isn’t how chemistry or human nature works. But that hasn’t stopped profiteers and special interest groups from pushing the same old strategies, none of which has resulted …
Episode 91: Drug Surveillance Won’t Stop at Opioids with Liz Chiarello
Opioids are some of the best drugs ever invented. News flash! But that’s not something you’ll hear from the mainstream media anymore. No, the official message is that opioids are only problematic and even in the instances where they are prescribed by doctors, there’s this baggage, this stigma and s…
Episode 92: The Drug War’s Invisible Casualties with Sheila Vakharia
Overdose deaths are the go-to metric for how well drug policy is performing, but those on the ground know that harms from the drug war can include much more than the worst outcomes. As harm reduction policies get swept up in escalating authoritarian attacks on democracy, it’s becoming even more vit…
Episode 93: Veterans’ Harm Reduction Battle with Beth Dinges
Despite all the nationalism in our country, veterans are too often seen as expendable. Drug use in the military is as common as any other aspect of society, obviously, but increased stigma and consequences pushes most to the shadows. Harm reduction for veterans is especially vital and luckily, the …
Episode 94: The AI Dystopia Acid Test with Douglas Rushkoff
The internet and drugs are deeply intertwined in a way that isn’t glib or always obvious. Being online is a deeply conscious experience that can change your perception and yeah, be pretty habit-forming. The slow dopamine drip of doom scrolling isn’t a 1-to-1 analog to doing a line of meth, of cours…
Episode 95: Behind the Speedboat Dope Bombings with Ioan Grillo
As we’ve said hundreds of times on Narcotica, the drug war is a war on people used to advance some of the worst atrocities in history. Drugs are the perfectly legible boogeyman to the public, used as a justification used to advance racist, draconian policy. From CIA planes that deliver ecocide to r…
Episode 97: How Hepatitis Stigma Silently Kills with Nick Voyles
When people say stigma kills, it’s not hyperbole. For some reason, it’s still totally socially acceptable in some circles to say that if someone gets an illness related to drug use, that they deserve it. Such sentiments aren’t just dangerous and untrue, they hold people back from getting what shoul…
Jack Smith waving 'proverbial finger' at MAGA could spur 'severe consequences': analyst
What happened
RawStory reports that former special counsel Jack Smith told a Senate panel on Tuesday that his investigation had developed what he described as proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Donald Trump committed serious crimes against the United States. Smith said he would make the…
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