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.

Dr. Richard Andrews joins us to discuss his trip to Switzerland gather new information about drug policy and techniques now being utilized around Europe.  Harm reduction., opiate use, needle sharing, compassion clinics, cannabis use, vaping, tobacco and alcohol.

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Dr Richard Andrews
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Paul Armentano has over two decades experience working professionally in cannabis policy. He is the Deputy Director of NORML. He also serves on the faculty of Oaksterdam University in Oakland, where he is the Chair of Science. His writing on cannabis and cannabis policy has appeared in over 1,000 publications, scholarly and/or peer-reviewed journals, as well as in more than two dozen textbooks and anthologies. He is a regular contributor to TheHill.com as well as to numerous other print and online publications. 

Paul Armentano, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
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Maia Szalavitz opinion in the NY Times: It's Not Just About Pot.  Our Entire Drug Policy Needs an Overhaul. Ms. Szalavitz has once again exposed the failings of our nations eternal war on drugs.  She stands with the Global Commission on Drug Policy, with presidents, scientists and major media from around the world in exposing the inner workings and horrible ramifications of believing in drug prohibition. 

Maia Szalavitz
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President Ruth Dreifuss , first woman to hold the Swiss presidency, is the founder and president of the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The commission wants “responsible state control, from production to consumption of drugs” but that the opposite is now the case. “It’s an unregulated market in the hands of criminal groups.”

President Ruth Dreifuss, Global Commission on Drug Policy
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Phil Smith is a reporter with Stop The Drug War.  This is a two part show this file contains Phils The Top Ten Domestic Drug Policy Stories of 2023.   

Part 2 of this show with Phil is listed below as this week's Moral High Ground program.

Phil Smith, Stop the Drug War
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Timothy King our guest today is an author, speaker, and Senior Fellow at Clergy for a New Drug Policy. Part of today's discussion revolves around the "Gifts of the Magi".

Timothy King, Clergy for a New Drug Policy
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Victoria Wright is the founder of The National Coalition for Drug Legalization, a nonprofit 501(c)3 focused on the legalization of all drugs. Our mission is to advance the conversation about the legalization of all drugs through community service and research which is publishing such recommendations via their Drug Legalization Handbook,

Victoria Wright, National Coalition for Drug Legalization
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James E. Gierach, a former Chicago prosecutor is our guest.  Gierach has written a new book: The Silver Bullet SOLUTION, is it time to end the war on drugs? 

James E. Gierach
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Kassandra Frederique is the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a national nonprofit that works to end the war on drugs—which has disproportionately harmed Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, and LGBTQ communities—and build alternatives grounded in science, compassion, health, and human rights. 29:00

Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance
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Major Neill Franklin (Ret.) is a 34-year law enforcement veteran of the Maryland State Police and Baltimore Police Department.After 23 years of dedicated service to the Maryland State Police, he was recruited in 2000 by the Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department to reconstruct and command Baltimore’s Education and Training Section. During his time on the force, he held the position of commander for the Education and Training Division and the Bureau of Drug and Criminal Enforcement. He also instituted and oversaw the very first Domestic Violence Investigative Units for the Maryland State Police.

Neill Franklin , Law Enforcement Action Partnership
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