Tag: drugs
We Asked NHS Doctors About the Trade Documents Corbyn Revealed
This week Corbyn revealed un-redacted trade documents detailing talks between the Conservative government and the Trump administration between 2016 – now. He argued they prove the NHS is indeed up for sale, contradicting Boris Johnson. We asked two medical doctors to explain the papers. Featuring Dr Rita Issa and Dr Timesh Pillay.
Is Boris Going to Sell the NHS to Trump?
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
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.
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’.
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.