This Week in Drugs

This Week in Drugs


Latest Episodes

News: Four Big Decisions on Drugs and Drug Policy [#134]
February 18, 2018

This week, Sam and Sarah talk about the latest drug news, and each story brings up a big decision about how society approaches drugs. First, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court may rule on whether using drugs while pregnant should constitute child abuse.

News: SF Opening SIFs, ICC Opens Philippines Inquiry [#133]
February 11, 2018

This week, Sam and Sarah talk about the latest drug news. They start off with one of the biggest stories of 2018 so far: San Francisco moving ahead with safe injection sites, which will open around July 1, on the same timeline that Massachusetts is imp...

News: Corruption at All Levels of the Drug War [#132]
February 04, 2018

This week, Sam and Sarah discuss multiple stories of corruption and bad behavior in America’s war on drugs. Brenda Fitzgerald, Trump’s director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned this week following reports that she invested in...

Expungement and the War on Drugs
February 02, 2018

This week Sarah chats with James Gould of CanIexpunge to discuss how the organization can help people with criminal records determine eligibility for expungement and much more. Turn on, tune in, and TWiD out! Sponsors: Tom Angell’s Marijuana Moment,

News: Russian Politics, Tax Stamps, Evolving Language, and Racist Policing [#131]
January 30, 2018

This episode was late due to some technical issues, but better late than never when it comes to the top drug news! Sam & Sarah talk about some big stories from the US and across the globe, with presidential candidates in other countries running on plat...

News: The Drug War Shrinks in Some Places, Expands in Others [#130]
January 21, 2018

This week, Sam and Sarah talk about the latest drug news. In some ways, the drug war is shrinking, as the Trump Administration considers gutting the ONDCP, women were set to re-gain the right to purchase alcohol in Sri Lanka,

News: When Legal Drug Markets Seem Like Prohibition [#129]
January 14, 2018

This week, Sam and Sarah talk about the latest drug news. Two stories illustrate how certain laws can make markets for legal drugs, like tobacco or painkillers, behave just like prohibition. They also discuss the Global Commission on Drug Policy’s call...

News: Sessions Revokes the Cole Memo, and Other Bad News [#128]
January 07, 2018

This week, Sam and Sarah talk about the latest drug news, which unfortunately was a lot of bad news from the past week. The biggest story is U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinding the Cole Memo, which has protected the state-regulated marijuana...

Discussion: Human Rights in the Philippines
December 28, 2017

Sarah chats about human rights in the Philippines with Jake Agliata, the International Outreach Coordinator at Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Turn on, tune in, and TWiD out!     Sponsor: Sponsor Us. Music Credits: Intro: Dance for Sport by the2ba L...

News: Gun Rights for Marijuana Users, ONDCP Shake-Up, and THC Wine [#127]
December 26, 2017

This week, Sam and Sarah talk about the latest news! We couldn’t get it up for Christmas Eve, but now it’s a special Boxing Day episode instead. Your beloved hosts discuss everything from what seems to be the first-ever enforcement of the ban on mariju...