This week we listen in on a hearing at the New Mexico State Legislature about opiate use and heroin maintenance treatment.
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Piper Kerman, author Orange is the New Black, Deborah Small, Johns Hopkins Public Health Fellow and the Drug Policy AllianceÔö£├ÂÔö£├ºÔö£├╗s Asha Bandele + Irvin Rosenfeld re pot stocks
This week we talk with Tom Burns, former head of marijuana programs for the state of Oregon, about balancing the needs of patients in a time of broader adult use legalization; and Philippine President Duterte says he's separating from the US over his murderous vigilante drug war #BoycottThePhilippines.
Maia Szalavitz re police murders of drug users in Philippines, Jill Stein Green Party Candidate for President, Governor Newsome of CA for legalization, wife of Utah Gov Cand busted for medical cannabis
This week: we hear members of the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee discuss international criminal justice and drug control policies.
Howard Wooldridge of LEAP reports on recent trip to Switzerland, Tess Borden author of "23 Second" report on drug arrests, Van Jones calls for end of drug war, Jill Stein declares drug war a failure
This week we speak with Sanho Tree with the Institute for Policy Studies about the failed peace accords in Colombia, plus Colombia's UN delegate speaks to the UN about drug policy.
Dr. Regenia Hicks Director of Harris County (Houston) Mental Health program, Valerie Corral Director of Wo/Mens Alliance for Medical Marijuana & Chris Conrad cannabis expert re Calif AUMA 64 legalization effort
Nate Howard with MovementBe and MovementBe.org, plus we look at the FBI's new Uniform Crime Report.