Harm Reduction Radio - HAMS
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 8 years ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsThis series interviews experts in the addictions field, with a focus on evidence-based, cutting-edge approaches to substance abuse problems such as: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), pharmacotherapy, harm reduction, and many, many more. Your host Kenneth Anderson is the founder and CEO of The HAMS Harm Reduction Network and the author of "How to Change Your Drinking: a Harm Reduction Guide to Alcohol."
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Episodes
What drug users are really like
September 30, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 30 MBOur guest is Peter Ferentzy, Ph. D., author of the novel The Corrective, a realistic picture of how hard drug users control their use and outgrow addiction which serves as a healthy antidote to media demonization and rehab hype about the wages of drugs being death.
Can't Catch a Break
June 30, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBOur guest is Dr. Susan Sered, author of Can't Catch a Break. We will be talking about homeless women, addiction, and the medicalization of deviance.
The Opioid Crises and the Failure of Rehab
May 20, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBChristopher Moraff talks about the opioid crises, overdose, methadone, buprenorphine, narcan, and the failure of rehab.
Hip Sobriety
January 14, 2016 01:00 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MBOur guest this evening is Holly Whitaker, founder of Hip Sobriety.
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol
January 08, 2016 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBOur guest is Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol
The Guided Self Change Program
December 04, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBOur guest this evening is Mark Sobell, Ph. D., who will talk about the guided Self Change program he operates with Linda Sobell Ph. D. at Nova Southeastern University in Florida for moderate drinking.
Opioid Use and Sexual Violence
August 21, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 77 MBOur guest this evening is Lauren Jessell, LMSW, lead author of the paper "Sexual Violence in the Context of Drug Use Among Young Adult Opioid Users in New York City."
Families for Sensible Drug Policy
August 14, 2015 00:00 - 54 minutes - 61 MBOur guest this evening is Carol Katz Beyer, co-founder of Families for Sensible Drug Policy.
Ibogaine, 18-MC, and Addiction
July 31, 2015 00:00 - 30 minutes - 33.8 MBOur guest this evening is Stanley D. Glick , Ph.D. , M.D., Professor Emeritus at Albany Medical College, who will be talking about his research on ibogaine and the ibogaine congener 18-MC (18-Methoxycoronaridine) and their potential as anti-addiction drugs.
The Professional Ex
July 24, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBCan a leopard change its spots? Is an ex addict the best person to be an addiction counselor? Our guest tonight, Trina Hope, Ph. D. of the University of Oklahoma discusses the stability of the quality of deviance over time and the Texas addiction treatment scandals where "clean" counselors engaged in rampantly dishonest behaviors.
Deborah Mash on Ibogaine
July 19, 2015 20:00 - 44 minutes - 39.6 MBIbogaine has been long touted as a potential cure for heroin and other addictions. Premiere ibogaine researcher, Deborah C. Mash, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the University of Miami, talks about ibogaine safety and efficacy. Ibogaine is a substance derived from the iboga plant used in religious rituals of the Bwiti people of Africa because of its hallucinogenic properties.
Johann Hari: Chasing the Scream
July 16, 2015 19:00 - 52 minutes - 47.4 MBOur guest this afternoon is Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
July 09, 2015 14:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBOur guest this Morning is Marc Lewis, Ph. D., author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease. This amazing book is chock full of the latest neuroscience, telling not only how brains get addicted to drugs but also how they recover and heal, showing that neuroplasticity is a two-edged sword. A great antidote to the drug war propaganda put forth by NIDA.
Just Say Yes: a marijuana memoir
July 09, 2015 00:00 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MBOur guest this evening is Catherine Hiller, author of Just Say Yes: a marijuana memoir. Ms. Hiller shares with us a cultural/personal history of the past fifty years of cannabis.
Overdose and Incarceration
April 17, 2015 00:00 - 58 minutes - 52.2 MBOur guests this evening are Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Lisa Raville, Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Action Center in Denver Colorado.
Harm Reduction and the Recovery Movement
March 09, 2015 19:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBOur guest today is Patty McCarthy Metcalf, executive director of Faces and Voices of Recovery. We will be discussing the meaning of recovery and ways for the harm reduction movement and the recovery movement to work together.
The Word "Addict" Is Hate Speech
February 20, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBOur guest this evening is Meghan Ralston, harm reduction manager for the Drug Policy Alliance and author of many articles including I'm Breaking Up With the Word 'Addict' and I Hope You'll Do the Same.
Don't Call Me Diseased!
February 11, 2015 17:30 - 58 minutes - 52.3 MBOur guest today is Matthew Lebowitz of Yale University who well be discussing the negative impact of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians’ empathy.
Partners in Treatment: Relational Psychoanalysis and Harm Reduction Therapy
February 04, 2015 20:00 - 48 minutes - 43 MBOur guest this afternoon is Debra Rothschild, Ph. D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at NYU and harm reduction psychotherapist in private practice in New York City.
Precision Medicine, Connectomics, and Addiction
January 30, 2015 01:00 - 44 minutes - 39.7 MBOur guest is Sean X. Luo, M. D., Ph. D. of Columbia University who will be talking about his research on precision medicine, connectomics, and addiction and how they relate to risk and reward.
Just Say No to Drug Courts
December 09, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBOur guest this evening is Rebecca Tiger, Ph. D. author of Judging Addicts: Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System. Dr. Tiger is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College.
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
November 26, 2014 23:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBOur guest this afternoon is Nir Eyal, author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. We will be discussing the similarity of addictions to facebook or games like Angry Birds to drug addictions. We will also address the moral imperative of using addicting apps as a means to help people improve their lives rather than simply generate revenue for the developer.
One Toke: Marijuana and Teens
November 21, 2014 01:00 - 55 minutes - 50 MBOur guest this evening is Mark Aronoff, MA, LMHC, author of One Toke: A Survival Guide for Teens. We will be discussing pot, adolescents, and safe use.
Medical Marijuana and Opioid Overdose
November 12, 2014 21:30 - 29 minutes - 25.7 MBOur guest this afternoon is Marcus Bachhuber. MD, whose research has shown that states with medical marijuana have lower rates of opioid overdose deaths. The hypothesis is that patients are using cannabis as a painkiller instead of opioids.
Selling Serenity: the big business of merchandizing the 12 steps
November 07, 2014 01:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBOur guest this evening is Andrew Meacham, author of Selling Serenity: Life Among the Recovery Stars who will be talking about the big business boom of 12 stepping in the 80s and 90s which continues to this day.
This Is Your Brain on Harm Reduction
October 31, 2014 00:00 - 43 minutes - 38.8 MBOur guest this evening is Jerry Otero who will talk about his time with drugfree.org (formerly The Partnership for a Drug Free America) and how they have adopted Narcan and harm reduction policies. He will also talk about his time in 12 step, how he left, and his current work at the Drug Policy Alliance.
Clean with David Sheff
October 16, 2014 18:00 - 52 minutes - 47.1 MBOur guest this afternoon is David Sheff, author of Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Tragedy. We will be discussing the addiction treatment industry and what it means to be evidence based.
Harm Reduction in South Africa
October 02, 2014 21:00 - 35 minutes - 62.3 MBOur guest this afternoon is Shaun Shelly who heads up and manages the addictions arm of Hope House Counselling Centre in Cape Town South Africa. He also writes the blog Addiction Information.
Heroin and Hurricane Katrina
September 26, 2014 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40 MBOur guest this evening is Eliza Player, author of Heroin, Hurricane Katrina, and the Howling Within: An Addiction Memoir.
Carl Hart on the High Price of the Drug War
September 18, 2014 22:00 - 38 minutes - 34.5 MBOur guest this evening is Carl Hart Ph. D., professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Columbia University and author of High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society.
Drinking To Distraction
September 12, 2014 00:00 - 48 minutes - 43.6 MBOur guest this evening is Jenna Hollenstein, author of Drinking To Distraction. You don't need to hit bottom to decide to quit drinking.
Legalize Recovery!
September 05, 2014 00:00 - 55 minutes - 12.4 MBOur guest this evening is Adam Sledd who writes for The Fix as well as having his own blog. We will be talking about the compatibility of drug legalization and recovery.
Homelessness, Harm Reduction, and Social Justice
July 09, 2014 17:00 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBOur guest today is Bernadette Pauly, Ph. D. of the school of nursing at the University of Victoria, BC, who will be talking about Homelessness, Harm Reduction, and Social Justice.
Becoming An Addictions Counselor
June 27, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.6 MBOur guest this evening is Peter Myers, Ph D, author of Becoming An Addictions Counselor: A Comprehensive Text.
The Couch Of Willingness
June 06, 2014 00:00 - 59 minutes - 13.5 MBOur guest this evening is Michael Pond, author of The Couch of Willingness: An Alcoholic Therapist Battles the Bottle and a Broken Recovery System who will be discussing his own personal experiences within the substance abuse treatment system and what is wrong with it.
Unwasted With Sacha Scoblic
May 30, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.6 MBOur guest this evening is Sacha Z. Scoblic, contributor to The New Republic, The Fix, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, Reader's Digest, and The New York Times, and author of Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety. We will be discussing disease theory, choice theory, methadone and buprenorphine maintenance therapy, 12 step, harm reduction, rehab, addiction and other topics.
Tiny Changes - BJ Fogg
May 22, 2014 23:00 - 44 minutes - 9.93 MBOur guest this evening is BJ Fogg, Ph D of Stanford University who will be talking about the tiny changes model of behavioral change.
Jarrod's Law - Sober Living
May 16, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.2 MBOur guest this evening is Wendy McEntyre who is fighting to establish laws to regulate and license sober living houses. Wendy's son Jarrod died of a heroin overdose in a sober living house.
E-cigarettes and Schizophrenia
May 09, 2014 00:30 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBResearchers have long known that nicotine has a beneficial effect on reducing the symptoms of schizophrenia. Over 90% of schizophrenics smoke. Our guest Helen Redmond discusses the benefits of e-cigarettes as a safe nicotine delivery device for schizophrenics. Redmond is the author of the article Here’s Why We Should Give E-Cigarettes to Mentally Ill People.
Buprenorphine
May 02, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBOur guest this evening is Jeffrey Junig MD who will be talking about suboxone.
How To Have Fun And Not Die
April 25, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBOur guest this evening is Eddie Einbinder, author of How To Have Fun And Not Die and producer of the film series Play Safe.
Soberistas
April 15, 2014 19:00 - 32 minutes - 7.24 MBOur guest today is Lucy Rocca, founder of the social networking site Soberistas and co-author of The Sober Revolution: Women Calling Time on Wine o’clock.
Controlled Crack Smoking
April 10, 2014 00:00 - 31 minutes - 7.02 MBOur guest this evening is Shane Schleger, author of the Slate article Fifteen Years Smoking Crack: Life in the middle ground between total abstinence and rock bottom and host of the podcast Dope Stories.
Strengths Based Addiction Treatment
April 03, 2014 00:00 - 58 minutes - 13.2 MBOur guest this evening is Katherine van Wormer, MSSW, Ph. D., professor of social work at the University of Northern Iowa and author of Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective.
The Sober Truth: debunking Alcoholics Anonymous
March 28, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 13.5 MBOur guest this evening is Lance Dodes, MD, author of The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science Behind 12-Step Programs and the Rehab Industry. Dr. Dodes is a Training and Supervising analyst emeritus with the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and recently retired assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Sober Is the New Black
March 04, 2014 17:30 - 34 minutes - 7.74 MBOur guest today is Rachel Black, author of Sober is the New Black: A Then and Now Account of Life Beyond Booze.
Drug Use and Pregnant Women
February 28, 2014 01:00 - 49 minutes - 11.1 MBOur guest this evening is Lynn Paltrow, JD, Executive Director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women. We will be discussing drug use and addiction during pregnancy and the Alicia Beltran case--a Wisconsin women jailed for refusing to take the opiate buprenorphine.
Powerless No Longer
February 21, 2014 01:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBOur guest this evening is Pete Soderman, SMART facilitator and author of Powerless No Longer: Reprogramming Your Addictive Behavior.
Beyond Addiction: a Guide for Families
February 14, 2014 01:00 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBOur guest this evening is Nicole Kosanke, PhD of the Center for Motivation and Change. She is a co-author, with Jeffry Foote and Carrie Wilkens, of Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change. We will be discussing the CRAFT approach for working with loved ones who have addictions.
Exposure Therapy, PTSD, and Alcoholism
February 06, 2014 21:00 - 45 minutes - 10.1 MBOur guest this afternoon is David Yusko, Psy D, co-author of the paper Concurrent naltrexone and prolonged exposure therapy for patients with comorbid alcohol dependence and PTSD: a randomized clinical trial.