PODCAST · health
Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast
by Harm Reduction Coalition
News, views and opinions of the harm reduction community
Episodes
-
2014 Peer Delivered Syringe Exchange Conference, New York
Reflections on the 3rd Annual Peer Delivered Syringe Exchange Conference from Liam, Brian, Davian and Karen and visioning ahead to the National Harm Reduction Conference in Baltimore http://harmreduction.org/conference/
-
Shaping the Future: Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition
The Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition (BSHRC) http://baltimoreharmreduction.org/ is helping to shape the direction of harm reduction and drug policy in Baltimore. This week’s podcast is an interview with Jen Kirschner of BSHRC. Jen mentions the pending Good Samaritan law in the…
more -
United Nations panel discussion on “Women, drug policy and incarceration in the Americas”
Audio from a side-event at United Nations headquarters in New York on “Women, drug policy and incarceration in the Americas”. The panel discussion was organized by the Permanent Mission of Uruguay, in collaboration with the Inter-American Commission of Women, the Organization of American States,...
-
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal
Portugal decriminalized possession of all drugs in 2001. This week’s podcast is a conversation with Nuno Capaz of the Dissuasion Commission of Lisbon. He talks about the history and the successes of the initiative.
-
Exploring Drug Courts: Judging Addicts
An interview with Rebecca Tiger, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College, about drug courts. Rebecca’s book “Judging Addicts: Drug Courts and Coercion in the Justice System” was published last year. http://bit.ly/1fKkzKR We mention the podcast that appeared on This American Life a...
-
Wowee! Commission on Narcotics Drugs Preview
This year’s meeting of the Commission on Narcotics Drugs is an expanded version of proceedings featuring a two day High Level Segment. Heather Haase of International Drug Policy Consortium http://bit.ly/1lRWKmR and Allan Clear get down to discuss the fracturing consensus among nation states and…
more -
Using Heroin Alone
The overdose risk of using alone is well established. We put the message out to the drug using community that people shouldn't use alone. However there are really normal reasons as to why people like to do it. Ro Giuliano and Allan Clear explore this in the podcast.
-
On the Event of the Passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman
The actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose on February 1st, 2014. Harm Reduction Coalition's Allan Clear and Sharon Stancliff pick through the response and ask “what can be done to avoid more unnecessary deaths?”
-
Drugs in the Americas: OAS Slouching Towards Change
Drug policy change is afoot in the Americas. This podcast is a conversation with Donald MacPherson of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition http://drugpolicy.ca/ It is a report back from the December meeting of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)...
-
International Overdose Awareness Day: Can’t Put a Price on Someone’s Life (#od13)
This week’s podcast focuses on International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31st. It includes interviews with Eliza Wheeler who advertises the Overdose Awareness Day Memorial March and Celebration of Life in San Francisco, Sharon Stancliff talking about the newly released Samsha toolkit...
-
LEAD: Public Health Policing
This week’s podcast focuses on the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program http://leadkingcounty.org/ which “is a pre-booking diversion pilot program … to address low-level drug and prostitution crimes in the Belltown neighborhood in Seattle and the Skyway area of unincorporated King County.”…
more -
Bathroom Etiquette: Injecting at the Exchange Part 2
Johnny Volume of the Outer Boroughs talks about injecting in bathrooms both public and at the exchange, risky injection practices, monitoring syringe exchange bathrooms and smoking crack in the bathroom.
-
Bathroom Etiquette: Injecting at the Exchange Part 1
Bathrooms at syringe exchange programs have always been a venue for injection. 3 different programs which have addressed the issue talk about their strategies for making their bathrooms safer. Part 1 of 2.
-
2013 Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Slow Change
The 2013 United Nations' Commission on Narcotics Drugs meeting took place in March. Harm Reduction Coalition's Sharon Stancliff and Allan Clear along with Heather Haase from the International Drug Policy Consortium http://idpc.net/ report back on the warm winds of change happening in the global...
-
Election? Can't vote!
The war on drugs is a mechanism by which people with a history of drug use have their civil and human rights taken from them. Voting disenfranchisement is an example of how drug users get pushed outside of society. Ron Crowder of Nashville's Street Works http://street-works.org/ and human rights...
-
An American Story: "It’s easier to drive to Binghamton and get a bundle”
A common story but one well worth documenting. A young drug user from upstate New York breaks down buprenorphine, pills, heroin, methamphetamine, crack and family.
-
Southern Harm Reduction & Drug Policy Conference
Atlanta hosted the 2nd Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference. Allan Clear and Hadiyah Charles talk to Robert Childs and Nab Dasgupta of the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition http://www.nchrc.org/, Mona Bennett of the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition,...
-
World Overdose Day 2012: (Narcan is a Godsend)
In recognition of 2012 World Overdose Day bit.ly/QnHQoR, a conversation with its originator Sally Finn; Eliza Wheeler of the Dope Project bit.ly/QKwrKq and Haven Wheelock of Portland’s Outside In bit.ly/fsVzTG talk about preparations for the day; Philip Coffin MD, Director of Substance Use…
more -
Stephen Lewis talks global drug policy, Naina Khanna and Ije Ude talk organizing for AIDS 2012
Stephen Lewis http://www.aidsfreeworld.org/ was the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. He provided us with a blueprint for addressing HIV and global drug policy at an event “The Neglected Epidemic: Can We Get to Zero Without Drug Policy Reform?” hosted by the Harm Reduction Coalition,...
-
AIDS 2012: Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Zone
Penetration to the interior of the fabulous harm reduction networking zone. Conversations with Anistla Rugama, Ron Daniels, Clare Hacksel, Eric Doris, Angela Wood and Mark Kinzly.
-
AIDS 2012: The (performance) Art of High Level Diplomacy
Eric Goosby is the US Global AIDS Coordinator. He spoke at the HIV and Drug Policy Forum reconfirming the US’ absolute commitment to something or other that may or may not exist for people who do things that other people don’t like to know about and that no-one should actually mention because if...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast have?
Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast currently has 21 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast about?
News, views and opinions of the harm reduction community
How often does Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast release new episodes?
Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast has 21 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast?
You can listen to Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast?
Harm Reduction Coalition's Podcast is created and hosted by Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL copied to clipboard!