The History of Drugs In Society Eugene Leventhal

I'm speaking as part of a Vice in the Victorian Age panel at the Intelligent Speech Conference this year. You can learn more and get tickets here: https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/. It takes place on Sat April 21st. I hope to see you there! 

Also, I'm putting things on hold prior to then. Feel free to reach out and connect @drugshistory on Twitter or DrugsHistory@gmail.com.

Be well!

This week’s episode featured an interview with Jared Moffat, who is a state campaigns coordinator for the Marijuana Policy Project. We talked about some of the previous and current efforts he’s been involved with. We then dove into South Dakota, both in terms of work done getting the ballot in place and in terms of what happens now. We also talked about where cannabis policy is headed and what the fight for further change will look like.

Hello and welcome to the History of Drugs in Society with me, Eugene Leventhal. This week, I got to speak with the honorable Scott B. Cecil, who is a city council member in Mount Rainier in Maryland. In addition to that, Scott also runs two podcasts of his own - one called Prohibited which explores prohibition in various contexts, and the other is called the Outlaw Report, which is about cannabis policy and news in the DC area

Below are links to both of Scott’s podcasts and you can follow him on Twitter (@ScottCecil).
https://prohibitedpodcast.com/
https://www.outlawreport.com/

Feel free to reach out to me over email (DrugsHistory@gmail.com) or via Twitter

This week I speak to Rob Hofmann, who is the Movement Building Fellow for the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific Regions with the Students for Sensible Drug Policy or SSDP. SSDP is “the largest global youth-led network dedicated to ending the War on Drugs.” (source) 

This is the first of the episodes on the topic of cannabis legalization. With Rob, we’re going to talk about cannabis policy more broadly and what constitutes well-thought out legislation in his eyes.

This week, I interview Julia Hilbert, who is the chair of the board of directors at Students of Sensible Drug Policy, the president of DanceSafe Pittsburgh, and works part-time doing direct service amongst other things at Prevention Point Pittsburgh. We talk about her journey getting into harm reduction and drug policy activism, how you can get involved if you’re interested, what harm reduction is, what role stigma plays, and what changes she hopes to see during her career

You can learn more at:
SSDP.org
DanceSafe.org
Pppgh.org

Feel free to reach out over email (DrugsHistory@gmail.com) or Twitter (@DrugsHistory).

Be well!

Giving a short(ish) update as the year wraps up. I talk about some plans for next year (narrative is on hold until I can release on a weekly basis, interviews coming up related to opioid harm reduction in Pennsylvania and cannabis legalization in the US, random interviews might still show up) and I wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season! 

I'm really grateful for all of the people who have tuned in since I launched earlier this year! Feel free to reach out if you have any content ideas or just want to chat about any of the topics we touched on in the first season. You can reach me on drugshistory@gmail.com and @DrugsHistory on Twitter. 

Be well!