Say Why To Drugs

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Say Why To Drugs

The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode - providing information about what we know - the harms, but also potential benefits of these substances. There's no hype, no spin and no judgement, just information. In the first series, she is in conversation with rapper Scroobius Pip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Talking with your family about drugs - Live at Latitude 2021

    12/09/2021

    Talking with your family about drugs - Live at Latitude 2021

    A live episode! In front of a lovely crowd at the awesome Latitude Festival, back in July 2021. Suzi Gage headed to Suffolk and was joined by previous SWTD guest Fiona Spargo-Mabbs. Their discussion covered all aspects of how to talk with your family about drugs - what age should discussions happen? How do teens want these conversations to happen? How honest should parents be about their experience, or lack of it, with drugs? Fiona Spargo-Mabbs is the founder of the DSM Foundation, and has recently published a fantastic and powerful book called I Wish I'd Known, about her son Dan's death after taking MDMA, and all the things she wishes she - and Dan - had been aware of, in terms of evidence-based information about substances, why teenagers behave the ways that they do, along with advice about how to navigate conversations. https://www.dsmfoundation.org.uk/more-information-for-parents/i-wish-id-known-fionas-book/ And here is the previous episode she appeared on: https://play.acast.com/s/saywhytodrugs/drugeducation-withthedsmfoundation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
  2. Spiking - with Dr Lata Gautam

    11/25/2021

    Spiking - with Dr Lata Gautam

    There have been many reports about drink spiking in recent weeks and months. Suzi is joined by Dr Lata Gautam from Anglia Ruskin University to talk about what we mean by drink spiking, what substances are thought to be used, and what a person might experience if their drink is spiked. Lata also describes some of her work exploring what people understand about spiking, and what can be done to try and prevent it from occurring. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-58994755 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqLAAtWw3TQ https://theconversation.com/drink-spiking-why-so-little-is-still-known-about-this-horrifying-trend-170421 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  3. Maternal Drinking

    11/11/2021

    Maternal Drinking

    Say Why to Drugs is back, as Suzi emerges bleary eyed from the first year of being a mum, what better time to talk about alcohol use and motherhood? Well, it's even better than that as it's Baby Week AND alcohol awareness week from 15th November. Suzi is joined by Abi Rose and Leila Goodman to talk about alcohol use in mums, the evidence and our own experiences. Why it might be appealing, what the risks are, why it's hard to do research in this area. As mentioned in the podcast, on 18th Abi is running an interactive workshop, and you can sign up for it here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-women-drink-tickets-186057381637 Here are some other links that might be useful too: https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk https://alcoholchange.org.uk https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  4. Drugs and Sex - recorded live at Vault Festival

    11/19/2020

    Drugs and Sex - recorded live at Vault Festival

    A live episode recorded earlier in the year in London at Vault Festival, in association with Child.org. Suzi speaks to Alex Aldridge. Alex is a Phd student at Royal Holloway, researching sex, drugs and sexual ethics. The conversation touches on various aspects around drug use during or around sex, including chemsex, issues of consent, and in particular around how women use drugs with sex, an often overlooked area of research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
  5. Drug regulation - with Transform

    11/05/2020

    Drug regulation - with Transform

    In this episode Suzi talks to James Nicholls, the CEO of an organisation called Transform, who are a think-tank working in drug policy reform. The conversation covers what is meant by various different types of drug policy, from regulation to decriminalisation to legalisation, as well as discussing what evidence-based drug policy might look like, both in terms of cannabis and stimulants, both of which have been the subject of publications by Transform. This is a new topic for Say Why to Drugs to cover, so if you have thoughts or questions please get in touch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min
  6. Alcohol in pregnancy

    10/21/2020

    Alcohol in pregnancy

    We're back (briefly)!! In the first episode of a new little run, Suzi speaks to epidemiologists Dr Kate Fleming and Dr Luisa Zuccolo about what we know about the evidence around the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. How do they compare to other things women are advised against doing, like smoking, or eating soft cheese? Why does alcohol seem to be so divisive an issue in pregnancy? We also talk about plans to keep better records about alcohol use in pregnancy, and how this got somewhat misreported in the media in recent weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min
  7. The Secret Drug Addict

    03/05/2020

    The Secret Drug Addict

    In this episode Suzi speaks to the Secret Drug Addict - a twitter and instagram user who VICE called 'twitter's most helpful anonymous account'. SDA is incredibly open in this conversation, talking about when he first started using drugs, how they impacted on his life, relationships and work, and what led him to seek help. He also talks about his work with footballer Neville Southall, promoting good causes and charities on twitter, and his own Secret Drug Addict account on twitter and instagram. A few trigger warnings for this episode, the conversation as you might imagine covers drug use and contains swearing, it also covers topics including psychosis and witnessing someone die after taking drugs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 1m
  8. Drug Education - with The DSM Foundation

    02/20/2020

    Drug Education - with The DSM Foundation

    In this episode Dr Suzi Gage is joined by Fiona Spargo-Mabbs and Sarah Birkett from the DSM Foundation. Fiona and her husband set up the foundation after their son Dan died after taking MDMA. Fiona talks a bit about this, but you can read more on the DSM Foundation's website here http://dsmfoundation.org.uk/dans-story/. Within this episode, Suzi chats with Fiona and Sarah about the foundation and the work that it does, as well as the evidence around what works, and what doesn't, in terms of drug education. The foundation's work includes providing material and training to schools, working directly with young people who can be ambassadors to their peers, and even has been involved with creating a verbatim play based on the testimony of Dan's family and friends in the weeks and months after his death. Below are some useful links that Fiona has shared with me, some of which are discussed in the episode. Drugfam  https://www.drugfam.co.uk/ and helpline 0300 8883853 Adfam https://adfam.org.uk/ Frank parents' page https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/worried-about-a-child Alcohol Education Trust parents' page https://alcoholeducationtrust.org/parent-area/ Young Minds parents' page https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/ and helpline for parents 0808 8025544 Teen Tips https://www.teentips.co.uk/  Festivalsafe https://www.festivalsafe.com/  And then additional sites we also refer young people to -  Drugscience https://drugscience.org.uk/ Drugsand.me https://www.drugsand.me/en/ The Mix https://www.themix.org.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
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The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode - providing information about what we know - the harms, but also potential benefits of these substances. There's no hype, no spin and no judgement, just information. In the first series, she is in conversation with rapper Scroobius Pip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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