Cultural Baggage
Cultural Baggage is DTN's longest running broadcast program with 18 years as of October 2019. We are proud to have more than three dozen affiliate stations in the US and Canada broadcasting our 29 minutes of unvarnished truth about the failure and futility of this eternal prohibition of drugs. Produced by former cop Dean Becker at KPFT, Houston, one of the 5 Pacifica "sister" stations.
05/31/18 Jason Reed
Jason Reed, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Action Partnership - UK re British Medical Journal recent embrace of ending the drug war, preventable diseases and overdose deaths & much more.
Guest(s): Jason Reed
Organization(s): LEAP UK
FDBCB_053118.mp3Link(s): British Med Journal: Legalize Drugs, Law Enforcement Action Partnership UK
05/24/18 Mason Tvert
Mason Tvert goes back to work for Marijuana Policy Project, Matt Elrod Canadian drug reformer, Dr. Melanie Dreher re long term use of cannabis
Guest(s): Mason Tvert, Matt Elrod
Organization(s): Marijuana Policy Project, Patients Out of Time
FDBCB_052418.mp3Link(s): Marijuana Policy Project, Patients Out of Time, DrugSense
05/17/18 Deborah Small
Deborah Peterson Small speaks at Patients Out of Time Conf, Paul Armentano of NORML re drug war hypocrisy and lies, Jasmine Budnella of Vocal NY, Melissa Moore of Drug Policy Alliance in NY
Guest(s): Deborah Small, Paul Armentano
Organization(s): Patients Out Of Time
FDBCB_051718.mp3Link(s): NORML, Patients Out of Time
05/10/18 Phil Smith
Phil Smith of Stop the Drug War, Rachel Luba re Cannabis use for end of life, Jodie Emery re Canada cannabis situation
Guest(s): Phil Smith, Jodie Emery
FDBCB_051018.mp3Link(s): Stop The Drug War
05/03/18 Christoph Buerki
Dr. Christoph Buerki the Swiss designer heroin injection program Pt2, Howard Wooldridge Dir Citizens Opposing Prohibition, Sen Chuck Schumer, Dr Gupta & Dr Oz
Guest(s): Christoph Buerki
FDBCB_050318.mp3Link(s): Citizens Opposing Prohibition
04/26/18 Christoph Buerki
Dr. Christoph Buerki the Swiss designer of their decades old, very successful heroin injection program, Prof William Martin of James A Baker Institute, Asha Bandale of DPA re Prince OD, Dr. Sanjay Gupta re cannabis relieving heroin addiction.
Guest(s): Christoph Buerki
Organization(s): Doctor
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04/19/18 Lucas Wiessing
Lucas Wiessing Chief scientist for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, a few words from Dr. Christoph Buerki, the designer of the decades old and very successful Swiss heroin injection program and we hears a few words from Portugal's Drug Czar Dr. Joao Goulao. + Neill Franklin, Exec Dir of LEAP.
Guest(s): Lucas Wiessing
Organization(s): EMCDDA
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04/13/18 Don Wirtshafter
Don Wirtshafter re deadly synthetic "marijuana", Doug McVay re forthcoming Patients Out of Time Cannabis conference, Katherine Neill Harris at Rice Panel on Cannabis, Okla Solicitor General Mithun Mansinghani at Rice
Guest(s): Don Wirtshafter
Organization(s): Attorney
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04/06/18 Daryl Atkinson
Dean Becker speech to European Monitoring Centre for Drugs & Drug Addiction, Daryl Atkinson of Forward Justice in Lisbon, Becker presentation to Federalist Society at Rice Univ. + "Rat Park"
Guest(s): Daryl Atkinson
Organization(s): Forward Justice
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03/30/18 Joao Goulao
Dr Joao Goulao, Portugal's Drug Czar sits down to a lengthy interview with DTN Reporter Dean Becker + Sanho Tree discusses his Op-Ed in NYT: "The War on Drugs Breeds Crafty Traffickers"
Guest(s): Joao Goulao
Organization(s): Drug Czar
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