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Ep. 511: Drug Free Kids
We invited Chantal Vallerand of Drug Free Kids to join us for a Conversation That Matters about resources and strategies that can and do help families address the growing drug crisis in Canada.
Ep. 419: Searching for Innovative Addiction Treatment
We invited Hirpal Hundial, the Director of Clinical Services at Universal Ibogaine, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the risks and the benefits of ibogaine in addressing one of our biggest health challenges.
Ep. 391: The Last High
Stuart McNish invited Dr. Kalla to join him for a Conversation that Matters about how the best feeling you ever had could kill you and whether we are any closer to loosening its deadly grip.
Ep. 387: The Magic Mushroom Breakthrough
Stuart McNish invited Dr Robert Hancock to join him for a Conversation that Matters about the life-saving benefits of making treatment accessible to millions of people in desperate need.
Ep. 337: Four Pillars: Did it fail?
We invited Dr. Julian Somers to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how we can develop a path to recovery from homelessness and addiction – a path, he maintains, is attainable for everyone but not by the current methods.
Ep. 300: The deaths of despair
We invited Dr Benjamin F. Miller of Well Being Trust to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the desperate need to reopen assistance programs that can and will save lives.
Ep. 170: Former Addicts Devote Lives to Recovery of Others
To learn more about Turning Point, its origins, how it operates, and how it demonstrates there is hope in a sea of despair, we sat down with Brenda Plant for a Conversation That Matters.
Ep. 169: Hydromorphone: A User's Story
We sat down with Colin for a Conversation That Matters about the opioid crisis, the hydromorphone IV treatment program, mental health, housing and the potential he hopes to realize.
Ep. 159: Drug Law Reforms To Stop Opioid Crisis
Dr. Evan Wood of the BC Centre on Substance Use says it's time to completely re-examine our drug policies and our drug laws.
Ep. 125: A medical heroin model that's working
Can you treat heroin addicts with more heroin? Eugenia Oviedto-Joekes leads a team of researchers to look into this.
Ep. 010: What to do: Addiction and Mental Health in Vancouver
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu points out that no one wants to see people with mental health challenges fall through the cracks in the system and end up on the streets.