On Drugs
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On Drugs
On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance you’re on drugs right now.
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46 epizodOn Drugs Introduces | Other People’s Problems, on psychedelics
Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. In this season of Other People’s Problems, Dr. Hillary McBride...
Where can I get gender-affirming drugs?
For our final episode of Season 3, we’re looking at the fight for access to hormone therapy — and what happens when the system fails. Historian Samant...
S3 EP 9 Do drugs belong in therapy?
With the rise of psychedelic therapy, questions arise about the ethics, effectiveness, and experiences it brings. In this episode, a visit to a psyche...
S3 E8 Should I keep vaping?
Is vaping just as harmful as smoking, or a safer alternative? Following her attempt to quit cigarettes, Hadeel finds herself switching to a vape and w...
S3 E7 What’s the deal with Ketamine?
Ketamine is making headlines as a treatment for depression, but what exactly does it do? From its roots in anesthetic use to its reputation as a club...
S3 E6 Anesthetic: Where do we go when we go under?
What happens to our consciousness when we're put under? This episode dives into the science and mystery of anesthesia, featuring insights from Kate Co...
S3 E5 Is Ozempic right for you?
Ozempic, originally a diabetes medication, has gained popularity as a weight loss drug—but at what cost? Geoff speaks with Johann Hari about the allur...
S3 EP4 What happens when you give drug users drugs?
In Vancouver’s East Hastings, the Safe Supply program challenges the conventional narrative that sobriety is the ultimate goal. Geoff visits the Vanco...
S3 EP3 Why do I keep smoking?
Despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns, nicotine addiction is still pervasive. Why do we keep lighting up when we know it’s bad for us? Producer Ha...
S3 E2 Did TV teach me to drink “like a man?”
Alcohol has been a fixture on our screens, shaping how we see and consume it. From the “bad boys” of Hollywood’s code era to the grit of film noir, ha...
S3 E1 Why don’t I stop drinking?
Host Geoff Turner begins his most personal season yet by examining his own relationship with alcohol. In a time when sobriety is on the rise among you...
Season 3 of On Drugs is coming!
On Drugs returns for a third season, and this time, it’s really personal. This season, we're challenging the typical narratives about addiction, explo...
Introducing: The Flamethrowers
The Flamethrowers captures the punch-you-in-the-mouth energy and sound of right-wing talk radio. Host Justin Ling takes us from the fringe preachers a...
Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution
The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown...
S2 E11 The Spell of the Poppy
Opioid drugs have claimed a shocking number of lives across North America in recent years, as people fall victim to overdose. While the intensity of c...
Replay: Miltown: A forgotten pharma game changer
It's just one more week until the season two finale of On Drugs, but in the meantime, enjoy this favourite from last season. It's all about Miltown, a...
S2 E10 Prison, On Drugs
This episode goes behind bars to learn how Canadian prisons form a nexus of drug crime, trade and addiction. We'll meet people in prison because of cr...
EXTRA: Bill Blair on implementing cannabis legalization
A feature interview with Bill Blair, the former Toronto Police Chief now in charge of implementing the federal government's cannabis legalization law....
S2 E9 The Trouble with Rehab
Addiction treatment and recovery is a 37 billion dollar industry in North America. Yet despite decades of research and practice, there's still no sure...
S2 E8 Narcotic Farm
The Narcotic Farm in Lexington Kentucky played a major part in shaping the culture around mid-century heroin use in the United States, as well as our...
REPLAY: Music, On Drugs
We're hard at work putting together the next new episode, but in the meantime, here's a favourite from last season. It's deep look at the intersection...
S2 E7 More cannabis in Colorado
Host Geoff Turner is back in Colorado for part two of his road trip to see what Canada can learn from four years of legal cannabis in the Rocky Mounta...
Extra: check out Personal Best
We're busy working on next week’s show, but I wanted to share another CBC Original Podcast I think you might like. It’s called Personal Best. I wouldn...
S2 E6 Cannabis in Colorado
Cannabis will be legal and regulated across Canada later this year, but Colorado has a four year head start on ending prohibition. Host Geoff Turner t...
S2 E5 Human guinea pigs
Before pharmaceuticals find their way to your medicine chest, they are subjected to batteries of tests for safety and efficacy. Those tests begin with...
EXTRA: Dan Snarr on Mormon culture and drugs
In our episode on Utah, Mormonism and drugs, you met Dan Snarr, the former mayor of Murray Utah. He told us about losing his son to opioid overdose. H...
S2 E4 Utah, Mormons and addiction
There’s an expectation that members of the Church of Latter Day Saints will live with chastity and modesty in order to secure a place in heaven. And y...
S2 E3 Caffeine: a buzzed history
People have been using caffeine in one form or another for thousands of years. And for more than a century, people have been fretting about what it do...
S2 E2 Cannabis: from prohibition to legalization
This episode of On Drugs explores how cannabis went from unknown, illegal and vilified to the present day, where it's considered medicine and the foun...
On Drugs Extra: Ayahuasca in the jungle
We launched season two of On Drugs with an episode about how people are using psychedelics in search of spiritual enlightenment. One of the people we...
S2 E1 Psychedelics and Spirituality
In this episode of On Drugs, we explore the connection between psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin and the transcendent feelings and perceptions...
On Drugs Season 2 Preview
If you've been craving a fix of the CBC original podcast, On Drugs, the wait is nearly over. Season 2 launches February 13. Here's a chance to meet th...
Introducing: How Do You Sleep at Night? + Season 2 Coming Soon!
How Do You Sleep at Night? is a great podcast from the team at ABC about people who live their lives in the face of judgement. The show explores the d...
Gender, On Drugs
The drugs we choose - legal and illicit - and the ways we use them, are at least partly determined by gender expectations. This episode explores how...
Stronger, smarter, better, On Drugs
From athletes pumping steroids to tech entrepreneurs microdosing LSD, what happens when people use drugs to make themselves stronger, smarter and fast...
Fun, On Drugs
If most recreational drug users do it because it feels good, why is pleasure always left out of policy conversations about drugs?
Miltown, On Drugs
In this episode of On Drugs, it's the story of a very important drug that you've probably never heard of. The Drug is called Miltown and it changed th...
Extra: Addiction and Rat Park
We explore the topic of drug addiction and how to think about it in this extended interview with Bruce Alexander
City, On Drugs
If you want to learn about drug addiction, Vancouver is a good place to start. The city has struggled with opioid abuse nearly as long as it's existed...
War, On Drugs
From berzerkers on mushrooms, to Nazis on meth and Iraq vets on ecstasy, armies and soldiers have used drugs to fight, cope with and recover from war...