The President of Venezuela kidnapped by the US and accused of being part of a drugs cartel, which they now admit doesn’t exist; the blowing up of supposed narco boats in the Caribbean; Donald Trump threatening to put boots on the ground in Colombia; convicted drug traffickers being pardoned…

What the hell is going on in the Americas with cocaine and opioids?

In the new edition of Dealing With Drugs: A Hot Press Podcast, we get the answers from Marcela Tovar Thomas, until recently the Director of Drug Policy in Colombia, and Richard J. Baum who served at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under six presidents.

This episode was produced by Stuart Clark and Tony Duffin, edited by Flo Laurent.

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In the latest Dealing With Drugs, Fiona Patten talks about founding the Australian Sex Party – election slogan: “You come first!” – and the work she’s done around drug policy reform, assisted dying and abortion clinic exclusion zones; we meet Jason Kew, the former senior British policeman who’s now a leading harm reduction campaigner and has been on a crack pipe crusade; and hear words of wisdom from Harry Shapiro, the Bob Dylan, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix biographer who's also the man behind online information service, DrugWise.

This episode was produced by Stuart Clark and Tony Duffin and edited by Flo Laurent.

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“Five minutes to evacuate…” In the new Dealing With Drugs, Tatyana Sleiman from the Skoun Lebanese Addiction Center tells us about living, working and providing harm reduction services in a warzone; we talk Trump, Robert Kennedy Jr., psychedelics, the bombing of supposed ‘narco boats’, consumption rooms and the perfect drug policy with Dr. Kasia Malinowska from the Open Society Foundations; and André Celinsky on the fight for sensible drug policy in Canada. Plus, why everyone should watch Steve Coogan in

Legends!

This episode was produced by Stuart Clark and Tony Duffin and edited by Flo Laurent.

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In the new Dealing With Drugs: A Hot Press Podcast, we ask, “What the hell is going on with marijuana?” – and get the answers from Ethan Nadelmann who’s spent over 40 years working to end the war on drugs.

George Soros, Donald J. Trump and New York Times op-eds all feature as part of the lively discussion.

Plus, we preview stoner drug comedy, Pizza Movie, and talk to the Secret Drug Addict about his new book, Diary Of A Secret Drug Addict: Addiction, Dependence and Recovery. An Ex-User’s Guide To Breaking Free, which includes his time working for Creation Records at the height of Britpop.

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The latest edition of Dealing With Drugs: A Hot Press Podcast features a blockbuster interview with Noel Browne who spent 41 years in the Irish police tackling the country's most dangerous gangs.

Later, Noel took his expertise global as Garda Liaison Officer in South America, working in Colombia at the sharp end of the cocaine trade.

He helped disrupt multi-million euro shipments, including the €157 million MV Mattews seizure.

Plus, Irish Olympic swimmer Max McCusker tells us about his participation in this summer’s inaugural Enhanced Games in Las Vegas and activist Peter Sarosi on the recent rave demonstration against Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and his crackdown on both people with drug dependency issues and the organisations trying to help them.

Produced by Stuart Clark and Tony Duffin. Edited by Flo Laurent

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