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.

Phil Smith, reporter for StopTheDrugWar.org re forthcoming votes on drug laws + Eric Sterling of CJPF, Carl Veley of DPFT and Jake Agliata of SSDP speak in Wash DC in support of book: To End The War On Drugs - Policmakers Edition

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Rep. Beto O'Rourke, LEAP Director Neill Franklin & Bill Piper Director Natl. Affairs for Drug Policy Alliance speak in US House Bldg in support of To End The War On Drugs: Summer Reading Assignment for US Officials + Marc Emery & MSNBC Report on call for legal weed

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Rep. Beto O'Rourke stands with DTN host for D.C. press conference: To End The War On Drugs + Houston DA candidate calls for end of pot arrests, no jail, no bail, no record

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Judge James P. Gray, 2012 VP candidate for Libertarian party + David Borden, Dir of StopTheDrugWar.org

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Neill Franklin Dir of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Steph Sherere of Americans for Safe Access & former Chicago prosecutor James Gierach

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James A. Baker III Conference on Med Cannabis for veterans II with Maj. David Bass & Tx Senator Joan Huffman + Howard Wooldridge of LEAP re progress in ending drug war & Summer Reading Assignment for all US officials

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Baby Bou Bou has stun grenade explode on pillow, with Atty Mawuli Mel Davis, mother Alecia Phonesavanh, activist Marcus Coleman + DPA conference on Colo weed sales w/ Art Way and Tony Ryan

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Marijuana Helps Vets with PTSD at James A Baker III seminar with Ambassador Edward Djerejian, Texas Monthly Editor Brian Sweany, Prof William Martin and Dr. Neeraj Shah

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Russell Webb, Houston attorney re justice system in Houston, Kim Ogg Cand for DA of Houston, Mason Tvert of Marijuana Policy Project efforts in Texas, Boston report on butane explosion

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Sharda Sakaran re drug war's failure to protect the children, Tony Newman re Maureen Dowds marijuana "hallucianation", Rick Doblin discusses passing of Sasha Shulgin

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