Stop and Search

Episode 7 of Stop and Search! So what do you think... are drugs a political issue? Does it matter if you're on the left or right of the political spectrum? Joining us to give some insight - and to take a pin to the Westminster bubble - we have:- Ian Birrell, journalist for publications such as the Daily Mail and iNews, former deputy editor for the Independent, and speech writer for David Cameron d...

The U.S election is fast approaching - there are lots of ways in which this will impact the rest of the world, especially drug policy. We speak to Ethan Nadelmann, the founder and Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). Ethan popped over all the way from New York! Also joining us is George McBride from VolteFace.me, a London based policy hub. We have a good chat about the internation...

On episode 5 we invite some of the leading figures in journalism to join us behind the magic curtain - what really goes on within the media? On the panel we have: - Max Daly, author of Narcomania and a regular Vice columnist. - Mike Power, author of Drugs 2.0 and freelance journalist.- Decca Aitkenhead, broadcaster, author of The Promised Land: Travels in Search of the Perfect E, and Guardian jour...

The Philippines are executing their citizens. Those who are merely suspected to be in the drugs trade are literally being killed. Newly elected President Duterte has charged his police and fellow citizens to take matters into their own hands to begin a literal eradication program - so far we have over 2000 suspected deaths due to this new arm of the 'war on drugs'. We talk to Marie Nougier, Senior...

We're on our third episode already! On this edition of Stop and Search we're loosely framing it around drugs in film, books, television, and culture... well, that was the idea, but when you get a group of witty and intelligent people in a room, talking about drugs, it takes many twists and turns. On the panel we have:- Actor and comedian, Rufus Hound- Writer and musician, JS Rafaeli, - Our very ow...

On our second episode we're going to get stuck in and take a look at the grassroots movement of cannabis reform. On the panel we have:Norman Lamb MP - a Liberal DemocratJoe Wells - comic and political commentatorDale Beaumont-Brown - film director and producer - and Neil Woods, former undercover drugs detective and LEAP UK Chairman. Why are we still having to have the conversation on the legality...

Join us as we talk about the 'Weird Science' within our drug laws - with comedian and podcast legend, Robin Ince, science journalist and Guardian blogger, Dr Suzi Gage, and New Scientist writer and pseudoscience sentinel, Simon Oxenham (better known as Neurobonkers). In this live taping from Tottenham Court Road’s Waterstones, we fully delve in to assess the evidence of our drug laws. Spoiler aler...

Here we go - off to the front-lines of the 'war on drugs' we go! Join us as we officially join the Distraction Pieces Network. We're going to give you unprecedented access to the 'drug war' and let you know what's really going on out there. Please, come along with us and get involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.