Tag: drugs
Novara Live: Cocaine for the Masses, Not Just for the Ruling Classes
When black kids get high at carnival it’s a national scandal. When white kids pop pills at Glastonbury it’s just good fun. But when Boris Johnson and Michael Gove admit to snorting cocaine, that’s when it gets interesting.
5 Things You Need to Know About Duterte’s Drug War in the Philippines
Jamie Sims
Since coming to power in July 2016, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has overseen a nationwide 'drug war' in which police, paramilitaries and vigilantes have killed suspected dealers, users and other criminal suspects with impunity. Here are five things you need to know.
The Lockdown: Policing by Consent?
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Koshka Duff, a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. In 2013, she was arrested and strip searched after offering a legal advice card to a teenager being stopped and searched in Hackney.
The Lockdown: What Is Abolition?
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann finish this season of The Lockdown with a recap of what they've discussed in the previous episodes. Sam talks about what he's learnt and they decide whether he's ready to graduate from the podcast's 'resident idiot'.
Novara FM: The End of Drugs Prohibition?
On this week's show Ash Sarkar is joined by Kojo Koram and Nayeli Urquiza to discuss the past, present and future of drug regulation.