Drug Policy Facts

This week we look at the confirmation hearing of Loretta Lynch to be US Attorney General.

This week: The Justice Department makes minor changes to federal forfeiture policy, and Washington state legislators discuss how to combine their legal medical and adult use marijuana programs.

This week: CDC releases new data on alcohol overdose deaths, and we learn more about the new chair of Senate Judiciary, Charles Grassley.

This week: new CDC data on alcohol poisoning deaths, and we look at the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Charles Grassley (R-IA).

This week: The Botticelli and Lynch nominations will have to be resubmitted next year to the Republican Senate, and we have a discussion about sexual labor and human rights. It's the drug policy facts podcast.

This week we hear portions of a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, concerning civil rights and the US criminal justice system.

This week: The CDC reports new data on drug overdose deaths, and we hear an archived interview with Sanho Tree of the Institute for Policy Studies.

This week: we talk medical cannabis, international drug policy, and veterans' issues with Michael Krawitz, director of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access.

This week we talk about the US election and the impact on international drug policy with our guest Steve Rolles of Transform Drugs Policy Foundation in the UK, plus we hear from Ruth Dreifuss, the former president of Swi

This week: we look at the election results with journalist Kristen Gwynne and IPS's Sanho Tree, plus the FBI releases its annual Uniform Crime Report.

This week: the UK House of Commons held a debate on drug policy and drug legalization. We present some of the highlights.

This week: The feds issue new drug use estimates as well as new data on people in state and federal prisons, plus we talk with LadyBud Magazine publisher and long-time activist Diane Fornbacher.

This week we have part one of my coverage of the International Cannabis Business Conference, plus the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference comes up at the end of September so we speak with SSDP's executive direct

September is Recovery Month, there are new data on drug use in the US, and the Global Commission on Drug Policy releases a new report on the path toward legalization.

A new drug czar is nominated, the International Cannabis Business Conference is coming to town, and a conversation with NORML's Paul Armentano. It's the drug policy facts podcast.

This week: research on the impact of medical cannabis laws on opioid overdose deaths, and part two of our special coverage of Seattle Hempfest.

this week: Part one of our Seattle Hempfest coverage, including words from HF Director Vivian McPeak and a panel on legalization featuring US Representative Dana Rohrabacher and DWF Editor Doug McVay.

This week we look ahead to Hempfest, which is August 15-17 in Seattle, WA. See you there!

A House subcommittee hears about marijuana and driving, the Attorney General urges expanded availability of naloxone, and DC will vote on marijuana legalization this November.

This week: a rebroadcast from June 2014 while we're still on summer vacation.