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.

Vivian McPeak, Debby Goldsberry & Chris Bennett Powerful, tragic and funny as hell.  Please share.

Becker's Questions:  The tactics and procedures of the drug war are now used in every police encounter, all growing from the racism of drug war. What we have before us is a war on reality, utilizing racism as the alternate fact to legitimize the abomination the MAGA team retches forth. Maybe folks don't think they are racists, but if they don't mind voting for racists, then they are racist. The Confederacy is indeed rising again.

Donald Trump has a criminal brain, a defective brain. He's an Orange faced Kool Aid salesman. Much like the Frankenstein monster. Trump cares not for the American people, a fact he stated out loud a few days ago. Trump is mass murdering ghoul who cares only for the gold he can hoard away for him and his family along with his inept cabinet of ball suckers and corporate whores. 

A couple weeks back, 2 CIA officers were killed in Mexico. Seems they were working with Mexican authorities to eradicate drug gangs.  Did everyone forget about Iran Contra? 

What did our sleepy seventh grade president bring back from China? He was baffled in China, led around like a prize pig while the Chinese press made fun of him before, during and after his visit .  he simply frittered away decades of American pride and managed to bring back only CHE's promise of rose seeds 

A LIST: 50 Posts per night, 1.78 Billion Slush fund for “weaponization”, the Ballroom, The Arch, the reflection pool., gas prices, grocery prices, rape of Palestinian men and women, No video or oath for hearings before Oversight Committee. The Chevron decision: Judge decides Justice. WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES?

Vivian McPeak , Debby Goldsberry, Chris Bennett
Vivian McPeak, Debby Goldsberry & Chris Bennett
Kicking names
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Seattle Sheriff John Urquhart ret, Sheriff Urquhart served as the county's chief law enforcement official and oversaw the more than 1000 employees of the King County Sheriff's Office. Topics include: ICE tactics and failures, modern law enforcement, comparison to slavery, Jim Crow and drug war tactics. Homeless situation around the US.

Seattle Sheriff John Urquhart, Law Enforcement Action Partnership
John Urquhart
Seattle Sheriff ret.
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Judge James P. Gray & Judge John Delaney. Topics: Supreme ruling, tariffs, ICE, Epstein files, Kimmel & more. Judge James P. Gray, former JAG officer, author of many books to include why our drug laws have failed and what we can do about it, a judicial indictment of the war on drugs. Judge John Delaney: US Navy vet who served in Viet Nam. Served as trial judge for 30 years over 570 jury trials and thousands of bench trials.

Judge James P Gray , Judge John Delaney
Judge James P. Gray
Superior Court Judge
,  Judge John Delaney
Judge
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Clay Conrad & Paul Armentano. Mr. Conrad is widely recognized for his exceptional legal research and appellate litigation experience. He has litigated over 50 appeals across numerous federal and state jurisdictions. He is author of Jury Nullification The Evolution of a Doctrine.  Paul Armentano is Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.  Topics to include moving medical cannabis to Schedule III, drug war and Trumps war on reality. 

Clay Conrad Atty, Paul Armentano
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Dana Larsen & Chris Bennett.  Dana Larsen is a Canadian author, businessman, philanthropist and activist for cannabis and drug policy reform. Larsen currently operates businesses and non-profit societies in Vancouver including The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary, The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary, The Coca Leaf Cafe, Pothead Books, and the Get Your Drugs Tested centre. Chris Bennett is a prominent Canadian cannabis activist, researcher, and author based in Nova Scotia, known for his extensive work on the historical and spiritual roles of cannabis. Topics: Stupid Wars.

Dana Larsen, Chris Bennett
Dana Larsen
Rights Pioneer
, Chris Bennett
Activist/Author
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Eric Sterling & Major Neill Franklin. Topics include the memory of the Shining City on the Hill, Israels attack on Lebanon, Fascism in the drug war and much more.   Eric Sterling was Counsel to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. 

 

Eric Sterling , Major Neill Franklin
Eric Sterling
Fmr. Counsel to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
, Major Neill Franklin
Fmr. Director of LEAP
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Richard Watkins & Roger Goodman.  Roger Goodman has for 20 years served the State of Washington as a representative. He directs the House Public Safety Committee on Crime and Justice.  Richard Watkins was a Viet Nam Army pilot and for twenty years was a Texas Prison Warden. Topics include drug war, Iran war, criminal justice disparities from state to state and more.

Richard Watkins, Roger Goodman
Richard Watkins
Former Warden
, Roger Goodman
Washington State Representative
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Cele Castillo & Debby Goldsberry. Cele was a Viet Nam veteran and later became an agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Debby is an entrepreneur, author and cannabis dispensary owner.

Cele Castillo, Debby Goldsberry
Cele Castillo
Former DEA
, Debby Goldsberry
Entrepreneur
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Ethan Nadelmann & Sanho Tree. Ethan is the founder, and now retired long time director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Sanho Tree is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and has been Director of its Drug Policy Project since 1998. Topics range from war in Iran, the drug war, ICE, ultimatums, more.

Ethan Nadelmann, Sanho Tree
Sanho Tree
Fellow at Institute for Policy Studies
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Omar Figuroa, Chris Bennett & Howard Wooldridge.  Primary topic Fascist Trump. Omar is a California attorney specializing in drug cases. Chris is an author, botanist and activist extraordinaire.  Howard is a former cop who heads up Citizens Opposing Prohibition. Host Dean Becker is THE Reverend Most High.

Omar Figuroa, Citizens Opposing Prohibition
Omar Figuroa
Attorney
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