Narcotica Podcast
@narcocast.bsky.social
A podcast about drugs and the people who use them. Hosted by @troyfarah.bsky.social and Aaron Ferguson. Find us on Spotify, iTunes and more. Narcocast.com has it all
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New episode is about the obscene killings of people allegedly running drugs in boats. The crew speaks with Ioan Grillo
about why this is happening and what can be done. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
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about why this is happening and what can be done. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/42d6...
New episode is about the obscene killings of people allegedly running drugs in boats. The crew speaks with Ioan Grillo
about why this is happening and what can be done. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/42d6...
about why this is happening and what can be done. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/42d6...
Spotify – Web Player
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November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New episode is about the obscene killings of people allegedly running drugs in boats. The crew speaks with Ioan Grillo
about why this is happening and what can be done. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/42d6...
about why this is happening and what can be done. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/42d6...
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The “war on fentanyl” is actually paving the way for even worse drugs to do even more harm to Americans because that’s how these things have always gone and nobody ever wants to hear that. If you haven’t heard of the Iron Law of Prohibition, now is a great time to look it up!
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The “war on fentanyl” is actually paving the way for even worse drugs to do even more harm to Americans because that’s how these things have always gone and nobody ever wants to hear that. If you haven’t heard of the Iron Law of Prohibition, now is a great time to look it up!
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Once again I say: we need to reintroduce a clean heroin supply into the US as a public health initiative.
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Once again I say: we need to reintroduce a clean heroin supply into the US as a public health initiative.
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Weird it’s almost like you can’t win a war on drugs because it’s a natural human desire in lots of people to achieve altered consciousness especially when their material conditions suck ass
October 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Weird it’s almost like you can’t win a war on drugs because it’s a natural human desire in lots of people to achieve altered consciousness especially when their material conditions suck ass
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New episode of @narcocast.bsky.social is all about AI and psychedelics with Douglas Rushkoff. Probably one of the best interviews I've had all year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFD...
Episode 94: The AI Dystopia Acid Test with Douglas Rushkoff
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October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New episode of @narcocast.bsky.social is all about AI and psychedelics with Douglas Rushkoff. Probably one of the best interviews I've had all year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFD...
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Taken together, four proposals under consideration would make the landscape of overdose response more hostile toward people who use drugs.
MA Overdose Bills Signal Push Toward Nalmefene, Civil Commitment
Taken together, four proposals under consideration would make the landscape of overdose response more hostile toward people who use drugs.
filtermag.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Taken together, four proposals under consideration would make the landscape of overdose response more hostile toward people who use drugs.
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Standardized treatment for #substanceuse is always doomed to fail. Standardized treatment for anything is always doomed to fail!
Real care does not scale. As long as we keep focusing on "efficiency" or "streamlining" we are not providing real care.
#therapistsky #addictionmed #harmreduction
Real care does not scale. As long as we keep focusing on "efficiency" or "streamlining" we are not providing real care.
#therapistsky #addictionmed #harmreduction
October 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Standardized treatment for #substanceuse is always doomed to fail. Standardized treatment for anything is always doomed to fail!
Real care does not scale. As long as we keep focusing on "efficiency" or "streamlining" we are not providing real care.
#therapistsky #addictionmed #harmreduction
Real care does not scale. As long as we keep focusing on "efficiency" or "streamlining" we are not providing real care.
#therapistsky #addictionmed #harmreduction
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🧵Yet another study has found that life-saving #HarmReduction services reduce hospitalizations. Harm reduction, both as a philosophy & evidence-backed set of approaches to addressing the #OverdoseEpidemic & strengthening public health, saves lives &...
bit.ly/HarmReductionReducesHospitalizations
bit.ly/HarmReductionReducesHospitalizations
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🧵Yet another study has found that life-saving #HarmReduction services reduce hospitalizations. Harm reduction, both as a philosophy & evidence-backed set of approaches to addressing the #OverdoseEpidemic & strengthening public health, saves lives &...
bit.ly/HarmReductionReducesHospitalizations
bit.ly/HarmReductionReducesHospitalizations
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2 problems with attributing #substanceuse issues to trauma:
1) A lot of my patients say they have no trauma. Do we really want to keep claiming folks don't know their own experience?
2) It's still pathologizing--it just moves the pathology from the use itself to its (supposed) cause.
1) A lot of my patients say they have no trauma. Do we really want to keep claiming folks don't know their own experience?
2) It's still pathologizing--it just moves the pathology from the use itself to its (supposed) cause.
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
2 problems with attributing #substanceuse issues to trauma:
1) A lot of my patients say they have no trauma. Do we really want to keep claiming folks don't know their own experience?
2) It's still pathologizing--it just moves the pathology from the use itself to its (supposed) cause.
1) A lot of my patients say they have no trauma. Do we really want to keep claiming folks don't know their own experience?
2) It's still pathologizing--it just moves the pathology from the use itself to its (supposed) cause.
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🧵 #SexWorkIsWork, & work should be safe. Join us next month for our free webinar, "Sex Work 101," win which we'll share an introduction to sex work through a #HarmReduction lens w/ a focus on addressing stigma people who engage in sex work face. Attendees will explore ways to..
bit.ly/2025SexWork101
bit.ly/2025SexWork101
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🧵 #SexWorkIsWork, & work should be safe. Join us next month for our free webinar, "Sex Work 101," win which we'll share an introduction to sex work through a #HarmReduction lens w/ a focus on addressing stigma people who engage in sex work face. Attendees will explore ways to..
bit.ly/2025SexWork101
bit.ly/2025SexWork101
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"Delay can mean patients who might have obtained relief will die in unrelieved suffering.”
The lawsuit seeks access for disabled or dying Oregonians who can't attend psilocybin service centers. The state is again trying to get it dismissed, reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
The lawsuit seeks access for disabled or dying Oregonians who can't attend psilocybin service centers. The state is again trying to get it dismissed, reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
Oregon Trying to Dodge Lawsuit on Dying Patients’ Psilocybin Access
Plaintiffs say excluding disabled and homebound people from psilocybin services violates the ADA. OHA again seeks to get the case dismissed.
filtermag.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Delay can mean patients who might have obtained relief will die in unrelieved suffering.”
The lawsuit seeks access for disabled or dying Oregonians who can't attend psilocybin service centers. The state is again trying to get it dismissed, reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
The lawsuit seeks access for disabled or dying Oregonians who can't attend psilocybin service centers. The state is again trying to get it dismissed, reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
New episode is about tech dystopia and psychedelics with Douglas @rushkoff.com
Find it on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/7779...
Find it on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/7779...
Episode 94: The AI Dystopia Acid Test with Douglas Rushkoff
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October 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
New episode is about tech dystopia and psychedelics with Douglas @rushkoff.com
Find it on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/7779...
Find it on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, etc.
open.spotify.com/episode/7779...
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What gets called "resistance" in #substanceuse treatment is often in fact non-consent.
If someone enters treatment on a mandate--legal, employer, medication-related, etc--they did not consent freely, and it's no surprise if they act like it.
If someone enters treatment on a mandate--legal, employer, medication-related, etc--they did not consent freely, and it's no surprise if they act like it.
September 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What gets called "resistance" in #substanceuse treatment is often in fact non-consent.
If someone enters treatment on a mandate--legal, employer, medication-related, etc--they did not consent freely, and it's no surprise if they act like it.
If someone enters treatment on a mandate--legal, employer, medication-related, etc--they did not consent freely, and it's no surprise if they act like it.
some good news
🧵NHRC applauds the work of @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in holding the makers of Opvee — an incredibly dangerous #Overdose reversal medication — accountable and reigning in corporate greed.
bit.ly/NYAGOpvee
bit.ly/NYAGOpvee
Attorney General James Stops Misleading Marketing of Unauthorized Opioid Overdose Drug
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a settlement with Indivior, Inc. (Indivior), a multinational pharmaceutical company, stopping
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
some good news
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We seem to be getting a new flood of these stories... I searched all the available info — there is no discussion anywhere of the symptoms the officer allegedly experienced and no bodycam footage on any of the news stories. We can safely say that a wet soggy bag of dope is not going to go airborne.
September 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We seem to be getting a new flood of these stories... I searched all the available info — there is no discussion anywhere of the symptoms the officer allegedly experienced and no bodycam footage on any of the news stories. We can safely say that a wet soggy bag of dope is not going to go airborne.
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Something to keep an eye on — product moving through FDA fast track for “treatment of acute methamphamine intoxication.” Research is funded by NIH/NIDA.
Press release is here: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Press release is here: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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While the 38 experts consulted "broadly agreed in most cases, there were significant differences between those with personal experience of SUD and those without on 10 of the recommendations" for policies around in-hospital drug use.
Alison Knopf reports:
Alison Knopf reports:
In-Hospital Drug-Use Study Shows Lived Experience Key to Better Policies
It sought consensus from 38 experts on how to approach patient drug use. Responses from those with personal SUD history differed in key areas.
filtermag.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
While the 38 experts consulted "broadly agreed in most cases, there were significant differences between those with personal experience of SUD and those without on 10 of the recommendations" for policies around in-hospital drug use.
Alison Knopf reports:
Alison Knopf reports:
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New episode with the VA's Beth Dinges! All about veterans and harm reduction, the unique challenges faced and the work still to be done. Find it on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and more.
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
Episode 93: Veterans’ Harm Reduction Battle with Beth Dinges
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September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New episode with the VA's Beth Dinges! All about veterans and harm reduction, the unique challenges faced and the work still to be done. Find it on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and more.
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
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if they 'review' this like they did acetaminophen, (a word the president can neither say or spell, so he says Tylenol), we are fucked
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BREAKING: The Trump Administration is "Reviewing" Abortion Pills
The FDA and HHS just announced their next move in the war against mifepristone
jessica.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
if they 'review' this like they did acetaminophen, (a word the president can neither say or spell, so he says Tylenol), we are fucked
jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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"Indivior has not taken this action due to safety or efficacy issues,” the company wrote in a letter reviewed by Filter. “Rather, the decision was based on business reasons and shifting our focus to other parts of our business.”
Opvee, High-Profile Overdose Antidote No One Used, Discontinues Marketing
In a letter reviewed by Filter, Indivior said "business reasons," not an AG investigation, caused it to stop promoting the nalmefene product.
filtermag.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Indivior has not taken this action due to safety or efficacy issues,” the company wrote in a letter reviewed by Filter. “Rather, the decision was based on business reasons and shifting our focus to other parts of our business.”
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this story is so bad that it begins, "Since the dawn of mankind...."
(the story is not just bad. its also stupid, wrong and AHISTORICAL)
www.saanichnews.com/news/the-his...
(the story is not just bad. its also stupid, wrong and AHISTORICAL)
www.saanichnews.com/news/the-his...
The history of how an unassuming plant became the root of B.C.’s drug crisis
Black Press Media delves how the opium poppy sprouted into today’s deadly opioid crisis
www.saanichnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
this story is so bad that it begins, "Since the dawn of mankind...."
(the story is not just bad. its also stupid, wrong and AHISTORICAL)
www.saanichnews.com/news/the-his...
(the story is not just bad. its also stupid, wrong and AHISTORICAL)
www.saanichnews.com/news/the-his...
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The measure - which concerns psilocybin and DMT among other substances, and protects traditional healers - needs 35,000 signatures to make the 2026 ballot.
The campaign is encouraged by early responses as well as past polls, reports Kyle Jaeger:
The campaign is encouraged by early responses as well as past polls, reports Kyle Jaeger:
Alaska Campaign to Legalize Psychedelics Is Gathering Signatures
It aims to get the measure, concerning psilocybin and DMT among others, on the 2026 ballot. Early responses—and polls—have been encouraging.
filtermag.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The measure - which concerns psilocybin and DMT among other substances, and protects traditional healers - needs 35,000 signatures to make the 2026 ballot.
The campaign is encouraged by early responses as well as past polls, reports Kyle Jaeger:
The campaign is encouraged by early responses as well as past polls, reports Kyle Jaeger:
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Most states don't extend these protections to sexual assault reporting, but Wisconsin wouldn't be the first to do so.
WI May Expand "Good Samaritan" Law to 911 Calls for Sexual Assault
Most states don't extend these protections to sexual assault reporting, but Wisconsin wouldn't be the first to do so.
filtermag.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Most states don't extend these protections to sexual assault reporting, but Wisconsin wouldn't be the first to do so.
New episode with the VA's Beth Dinges! All about veterans and harm reduction, the unique challenges faced and the work still to be done. Find it on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and more.
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
Episode 93: Veterans’ Harm Reduction Battle with Beth Dinges
open.spotify.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New episode with the VA's Beth Dinges! All about veterans and harm reduction, the unique challenges faced and the work still to be done. Find it on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and more.
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...
open.spotify.com/episode/5b65...