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.
09/07/22 Greg Denham
Greg Denham is a retired senior sergeant of Victoria police and the Australian representative for the US-based agency Law Enforcement Action Partnership. Greg had a major article in the Guardian last week: "The rising appetite for powerful drugs like fentanyl is a direct result of Australia’s failing prohibition policies Tough questions must be asked about laws that perpetuate the myth that the war on drugs is winnable through prohibition Given our failure to learn the lessons of the past, the policy response to the fentanyl crisis is predictable. We will no doubt hear from politicians and law enforcement demanding more police, more invasive powers, tougher laws and longer jail sentences. The problem is, we’ve been taking this approach for more than 50 years and yet we know that drug seizures have little impact on drug availability. Despite what police and politicians tell us, drug prohibition, like alcohol prohibition, has failed." +++ DTN Editorial: Prohibition is Evil
FDBCB090722.mp3Guest(s): Greg Denham
Organization(s): LEAP
Link(s): Law Enforcement Action Partnership Australia, The rising appetite for powerful drugs
08/31/22 Howard Wooldridge
Howard Wooldridge of Frederick, MD: retired police detective is our guest. Howard is a co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc), He is a full-time advocate since 2006 in Washington, DC as the police voice in opposition to drug prohibition. Topics incllude drug war violence, overdose, international progress and slow advance of decrim and legalization.
FDBCB083122.mp3Guest(s): Howard Wooldridge
Organization(s): Citizens Opposing Prohibition
Link(s): Citizens Opposing Prohibition
08/24/22 John Walsh
John Walsh ,new report for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) . Mr. Walsh has testified before Congress and published extensively on the need to reassess drug policy goals, strategies, and indicators. His analyses have underscored the limits of supply-oriented drug policies and the extensive damage they cause. PT II
FDBCB082422.mp3Guest(s): John Walsh
Organization(s): Washington Office on Latin America
Link(s): Washington Office on Latin America
08/17/22 John Walsh
John Walsh ,new report for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) argues that the global drug prohibition regime and the 50-year-long U.S.-led “war on drugs” has not only had disastrous results across the world but are increasingly exacerbating other serious problems. These include violence, corruption, organized crime, forced displacement and migration as well as forest loss and climate change.
FDBCB081722.mp3Guest(s): John Walsh
Organization(s): WOLA
Link(s): Washington Office on Latin America
08/10/22 Paul Armentano
Paul Armentano is Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Paul joins us for the half hour to discuss Russia sentence of 9 years behind bars for WNBA star Britteny Griner, CBD & THC snake oil, Senate bills in limbo, State politicians trying to circumvent cannabis votes, taxes, black market & more
+ DTN Editorial from Dean Becker, the Reverend Most High: EUPHORIA IS A BLESSING NOT A CRIME
FDBCB081022.mp3Guest(s): Paul Armentano
Organization(s): NORML
Link(s): NORML
08/03/22 Tris Reistone
KPOV reporter in Bend Oregon, Tris "Tristone" is a cannabis grower and a long time puveryor of fine cannabis lotions, tinctures and other products now working for High Desery Pure. Topics include decrim, illegal grows, penalties and a comparison of Oregon to the hosts state of Texas.
FDBCB080322.mp3Guest(s): Tris Reistone
Organization(s): High Desert Pure
Link(s): High Desert Pure
07/27/22 Dee Dee Stout
Dee-Dee Stout, author of Coming to Harm Reduction - Kicking and Screaming, holds a Master’s degree in Health Counseling from San Francisco State University, a program that she designed herself to meet her educational needs. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Human Sexuality from the same University. Dee-Dee was a California Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Level II (CADC-II) for 20 years, finally deciding that her devotion to what works - harm reduction - outweighed any need for the certification and so gave it up. She continues to be an active member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
FDBCB072722.mp3Guest(s): Dee Dee Stout
Organization(s): Dee Dee Stout Consulting
Link(s): Dee Dee Stout Consulting
07/20/22 Kim Ogg
Guest is Kim Ogg, the District Attorney of Houston Texas. Topics include abortion, guns, Uvalde, her no marijuana arrest program and much more.
FDBCB072022.mp3Guest(s): Kim Ogg
Organization(s): District Attorney
07/13/22 Clay Conrad
Clay Conrad is author of Jury Nullifications - The Evolution of a Doctrine. Clay has been recogized for his legal acumen around the nation. He has made extensive continuing legal education presentations as well as presentations to civic and political associations across the country including in Virginia, California, Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and Washington D.C. He has been the guest of many radio talk shows.
FDBCB071322.mp3Guest(s): Clay Conrad
Organization(s): Looney, Smith & Conrad
Link(s): Looney, Smith & Conrad
07/06/22 Vivian McPeak
Vivian McPeak is an American peace, social justice activist, cannabis rights activist, and musician. In Seattle, Washington. Mcpeak founded the Peace Heathens in 1988, a Seattle community action group. McPeak and Gary Cooke organized the first Seattle Hempfest in 1991, the 2-day event has grown to become the world's largest cannabis policy reform rally. McPeak, who is director of Hempfest, performed with the rock band Stickerbush in the 1980s.
FDBCB070622.mp3Guest(s): Vivian McPeak
Organization(s): Seattle Hempfest
Link(s): Seattle Hempfest