Diversion: a cold, technocratic word for when we give, trade or sell our prescribed meds to someone else. A ghost story, whispered among doctors and now, a moral panic, hollered by right wing politicians.
But really, everyone’s shared their meds. I’ve done it and I bet you have too – as an act of mutual aid, solidarity or maybe survival. But doctors have created all kinds of measures to try to stop it. And politicians have spread lies as part of a pretext to stamp out safe supply before it ever really gets started.
In this episode we follow a guy named Pockets, as he finds relief in heroin and eventually gets prescribed Dilaudid and Methadone. Surrounded by death, in the time of fentanyl and benzodope, Pockets starts to share his safe, regulated meds to help save lives. And he’s punished for it.
We also hear from professors Thomas Kerr and Geoff Bardwell who talk about their research on diversion, which provides an alternative, evidence-based, perspective on the highly controversial practice.
Episode 44: Kids on the Block Part 3 – Danny
Episode 43: Kids on the Block Part 2 – Jade
Episode 42: Kids on the Block Part 1 – Bones
Episode 41: New Front, Old War
Episode 40: Boys Don’t Cry
Episode 39: Backlash
Episode 38: The Knock
Episode 36: Some Exceptions Apply
Episode 35: On the Clock
Psychoactive Swap
Episode 34: The Iron Law
Episode 33: You Will Not Destroy Me
Episode 32: Goodbye Greg
Episode 31: Love, Death and Benzodope
Episode 30: DULF
Episode 29: Resign
Episode 28: After the Flood
Yard Tales Swap
Episode 27: Cop Baked In
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