Sex & Drugs
24 Oct 25

New Dealing With Drugs podcast episode out now

New <I>Dealing With Drugs</I> podcast episode out now

Damien Dempsey at Vicar Street, 2024. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.

Join Stuart Clark in our second episode as we ask, "What is really going on with the international drug trade?" and get the answers from Daniel Brombacher, Director of the Observatory of Organised Crime in Europe. We talk to celebrated Irish musician Damien Dempsey; preview Netflix's new cannabis industry drama, Amsterdam Empire; and investigate the crack down on drug use in Russia.

Dealing With Drugs returns with its second instalment today, featuring interview with renowned Irish musician Damien Dempsey, Ganna Dovbakh, Excecutive Director of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association and Daniel Brombacher, Director of the Observatory of Organised Crime in Europe.

Kicking off the episode, we chat with Brombacher about organised drug crime in Europe, the cocaine wave and oversupply on the continent, drug routes around the world and more.

Elsewhere, Damien Dempsey discusses his work with the drug and alcohol recovery community Coolmine, the drug problem prevalent in Dublin, and the friends and family he's lost to cocaine and heroin.

Hot Press contributing editor Tony Duffin also makes a return behind the Dealing With Drugs mic to give us an update on drug use among soldiers in Ukraine, and the newly prevalent use of the opioid Nalbuphine in the country.

Finally, Dovbakh examines repression against drug use and harm reduction in Russia, Russian influence on Belarus and Georgia as well as the work of her organisation in Ukraine.

Find out about this and more in the newest episode of Dealing With Drugs, available below or on Apple Podcast.

This episode was produced by Stuart Clark and edited by Flo Laurent. Special thanks to Tony Duffin.