This Time It’s Personal [#27]

To kick off Season 2, Sam and Rachelle sit down with Randy Hencken, Chairman of SSDP’s Board of Trustees, and discuss addiction, recovery, the disease model, and Randy’s past experiences with heroin. News Updates: Health Canada recommends Naloxone be available over-the-counter Drug trial disaster incorrectly attributed to cannabis Second supervised-injection site approved in Vancouver Expert […]

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To kick off Season 2, Sam and Rachelle sit down with Randy Hencken, Chairman of SSDP’s Board of Trustees, and discuss addiction, recovery, the disease model, and Randy’s past experiences with heroin.

News Updates:

Health Canada recommends Naloxone be available over-the-counter
Drug trial disaster incorrectly attributed to cannabis
Second supervised-injection site approved in Vancouver
Expert panel recommends FDA approve buprenorphine implant

Headlines:

Authorities: Canadian man pulled 200 pounds of Xanax into Vermont on a sled
In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht’s Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds
Pro-marijuana group ResponsibleOhio dead, founder says, won’t press ballot issue in 2016
New Jersey may be second state to raise smoking age to 21

Forecasts:

February 3-5, 2016: Women Grow Leadership Summit in Denver with a special dance party fundraiser for SSDP Thursday night!
March 7-9, 2016: The ArcView Group will be hosting the first cannabis investor forum in Europe in Barcelona, Spain.

Drug of the Month: Caffeine, installment 3 (history)

Call to Action:

Join or donate SSDP. Support MAPS and SMART Recovery

Music Credits:

Intro: The 2090 by Stephen Duke
Transition: Starburst by Treelo
Transition: Melloncamp by Stephen Duke
Outro: Lawyer Up by Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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