VolteFace and Drug Checking [#85]

We’re back with Season Four with a few fresh updates! This week, Sam and Rachelle discuss the latest news, headlines, and forecasts in drugs and drug policy while Tyler gives us the history of congressional support for the Controlled Substances Act. For the round table segment, Sarah and Sam are joined by Diane Goldstein and Vilmarie […]

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We’re back with Season Four with a few fresh updates! This week, Sam and Rachelle discuss the latest news, headlines, and forecasts in drugs and drug policy while Tyler gives us the history of congressional support for the Controlled Substances Act. For the round table segment, Sarah and Sam are joined by Diane Goldstein and Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch to talk with Dr. Henry Fisher, Policy Director at VolteFace, about the think tank’s work and the latest in UK drug policy.

News Updates:

Harm Reduction Action Center Wants Safe Spaces for Injection Drug Users
Sean Spicer responds to question regarding federal marijuana policy

MPP Issues Statement Regarding White House Press Secretary’s Comments About Federal Marijuana Enforcement
Petition: Keep your campaign pledge to respect state marijuana legalization laws.
Washington state will resist federal crackdown on legal weed, AG Ferguson says

Leila de Lima: Top Duterte critic arrested on drug charge
Big Pharma Quietly Enlists Leading Professors to Justify $1,000-Per-Day Drugs

Headlines:

CSU-Pueblo hiring a Director for the Institute of Cannabis Research
Medicinal cannabis gets the go-ahead in South Africa
Tilray Announces Medical Cannabis Export to New Zealand
Bolivia Raises Coca Cultivation Limits, Widens Legal Supply-Demand Gap

Forecast:

2/26: We’re Natl Cannabis Advocates – Ask Us Anything – Reddit AMA
3/1: Connecticut Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Press Conference
3/2: “Big Marijuana Day” in the Maryland State Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee

Support:

Produced with support from Zambeza Seeds

Drug History:

Who supported and who opposed the Controlled Substances Act when it first came up before Congress?

Call to Action:

Launch of “The Green Screen” publication, hosted by VolteFace, Lift, and CSSDP

Music Credits:

Intro: Dance for Sport by the2ba

Transition: Chill the Fuck Out by Meese Patrol

Transition: What is Good by Meese Patrol

Outro: Get in Line by The You Suck Flying Circus

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