The Dr. Junkie Show

Honest answers about marijuana and its active ingredients.   Marijuana doesn't actually contain any chemicals that get us high. But with a bit of chemistry--like lighting it on fire--we can produce psychoactive ingredients that many of us enjoy regularly. Join me to discuss how weed works in the body, and how to use it without wasting your buzz. Plus the history of marijuana, from homeopathic...

Power works, in part, through the creation and sustainment of cultural myth, and the US has no shortage of mythological identities which don't pan out when closely examined: Santa Clause, meritocracy, justice, delicious diet products, slavery reparations, and (central to this podcast) the war on drugs as a righteous endeavor of harm reduction.  Before the war on users began, drugs were legal...

In this episode I talk about cocaine: where cocaine comes from, how much it costs to produce, and who gets rich when it's sold on the streets. Plus, a look back at the history of cocaine, from Sigmund Freud, to Coca-Cola, to prohibition, to a permanent war.  Support the show

Join me on this journey of truth and discovery. I'll detail the purpose of the podcast and explain why I am your host. Plus, a bit about my history of addiction, crime and prison.  Drug users are dying in record numbers, and we have learned to blame it on the drug dealers, the doctors, and the pharmaceutical manufactures, but most of the dangers drug users face are the result of the war on dr...