- Sex & Drugs
- 16 Jul 26
New Dealing With Drugs podcast episode out now
In the latest Dealing With Drugs, Fiona Patten talks about founding the Australian Sex Party ; we meet Jason Kew, the former senior British policeman who’s now a leading harm reduction campaigner; and hear words from Harry Shapiro, the rock'n'roll biographer and the man behind DrugWise.
Dealing With Drugs is back with its sixth episode, featuring interview with Fiona Patten, founder of the Australian Sex Party, Jason Kew, former senior British policeman turned a leading harm reduction campaigner, and Harry Shapiro, Bob Dylan, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix biographer and writer for the online information service, DrugWise.
Kicking off the episode, Fiona Patten discusses the origins of the Australian Sex Party, her activism surrounding drug laws and decriminalisation, and campaigning for sex workers and abortion clinics over the years.
Elsewere, Stuart Clark and co-host Tony Duffin meet Jason Kew, discuss the culture in the Metropolitan Police and the Thames Valley Police Drug Diversion Scheme, retail crime and decriminalisation, and the distribution of crack pipes in the UK.
Finally, Harry Shapiro talks about drug consumption in the music industry, the evidences against the crimination of drug consumption, and the discussions around drug laws in the UK over the years.
Find out about all this and more in the new episode of Dealing With Drugs, out now.
This episode was produced by Stuart Clark and Tony Duffin and edited by Flo Laurent.
Check it out below or on Apple Podcasts:
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