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The Drug Classroom

The Drug Classroom

The Drug Classroom (TDC) is an educational resource focused on drugs, drug policy, and related areas. TDC covers a range of topics, including neuroscience, pharmacology, and history.

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14 - Dr. Rick Barnett on Why Psychologists Should Be...

The Drug Classroom ·

2019/10/06

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 Psychology Association's Division 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy).He is currently advocating in favor of legislation in Vermont that would grant doctorate-level psychologists the ability to prescribe psychiatric medications. In this

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13 - Zach Rhoads on Outgrowing Addiction

The Drug Classroom ·

2019/05/14

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 disease model. The book draws on Zach’s personal experience with addiction and on his work with children in highlighting the often overlooked fact that the natural course of addiction, like with childhood behavioral issues, is to grow out it. Zach also hosts The

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12 - Hamilton Morris on the Expansive World of Drugs

The Drug Classroom ·

2018/12/17

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 articles for Harpers, which can be found here: https://harpers.org/author/hamiltonmorris/ In this episode we cover a range of topics, from atypical hallucinogens to the US government's experiments with psychoactive chemical weapons. Morris is also active on

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11 - Dr. Mark Lysyshyn on Fentanyl Drug Checking,...

The Drug Classroom ·

2018/11/03

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 is among those working to reduce fatalities by implementing and expanding harm reduction tools. He recently co-authored a study looking at drug checking for fentanyl at Insite, a supervised consumption facility. It found a very high prevalence of fentanyl in

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10 - Brad Burge on MAPS' Psychedelic Research, MDMA...

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2018/08/18

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 psychotherapy, largely for PTSD. MDMA appears to be very useful in the treatment of PTSD. A couple therapy sessions with the drug can produce long-lasting benefits in a large percentage of people, including in patients who have been unresponsive to other substances

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

The Drug Classroom ·

2018/02/02

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 analyzing a substance with tools like reagent liquids and GC/MS in order to gain a better understanding of what the substance is. Misrepresentation is fairly common in the illicit drug market, so if you're not careful, you could end up using something you

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8 - Lyn Ulbricht on The Silk Road Case, Injustice In...

The Drug Classroom ·

2017/11/24

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 was eventually sentenced to life in prison, highlighting potentially severe problems in the justice system. The case touches many issues, ranging from drug policy to privacy rights to unfair sentencing. In this episode, I spoke with Ross' mother, Lyn. We

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7 - Christopher Moraff on The "Opioid Epidemic,"...

The Drug Classroom ·

2017/10/13

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 fentanyl's impact on the Philadelphia drug market, prohibition, the "opioid epidemic," and local policies, among other things. Twitter - https://twitter.com/cmoraff ---- How you can support TDC: https://thedrugclassroom.com/support/ ---- Music credit: Lee

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6 - Dr. David Juurlink on Opioid Risks, Problematic...

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2017/09/11

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 Centre. Though he deals with many drug classes in his daily work, his perspectives on opioid prescribing and the "opioid epidemic" in particular have received a lot of attention. You can find his posts about opioids and many other topics on Twitter

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5 - Julian Buchanan on the Global Drug Policy Problem

The Drug Classroom ·

2017/08/23

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 University, University of Central Lancashire, Glyndwr University, and Victoria University of Wellington. He was a Consultant and Independent Expert for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). We discuss, among other things, the roots of

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4 - Adam from PsychedSubstance on Psychedelic Harm...

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2017/08/07

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 psychedelic harm reduction, philosophy, microdosing, and a variety of other topics. PsychedSubstance - http://youtube.com/PsychedSubstance SWIM - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOWGNAei4hIjOna_JgWGCOA ---- How you can support TDC:

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3 - Glen Carner, LMHC on Addiction, Alternatives to...

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2017/07/24

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. His practice, Family & Addiction Counseling, has locations in Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii. You can find more about that facility here: http://familyaddictioncounseling.com/ We discuss, among a variety of other things, his manner of treatment and how

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2 - Emanuel Sferios on MDMA Harm Reduction,...

The Drug Classroom ·

2017/07/17

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 will cover multiple aspects of the substance. In this episode we discuss how people can reduce the chance of harm when using MDMA, the negative effects of prohibition, and his history with the substance, among other things. You can learn more about the

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1 - Welcome to TDC

The Drug Classroom ·

2017/07/17

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, and neuroscience. You can learn more about TDC here: https://thedrugclassroom.com ---- How you can support TDC: https://thedrugclassroom.com/support/ ---- Music credit: Lee Rosevere (BY)

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