Topics discussed in this episode
🟣Family's migrant history inspired a love of underdog stories
🟣Qaulitative field researcher who works in street-based drug markets with people who use drugs
🟣Drug use history and prohibition in North America & Australia
🟣George's research paper "The Coloniality of Drug Prohibition" and the impact on Indigenous peoples
🟣Non-carceral approaches to drug use
🟣Forcing people to the edge of society
🟣Research at the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Center
🟣Police and prisons aren't the ideal place to moderate people's drug use
🟣 Alcohol consumption, domestic violence, and alcohol prohibition
🟣Shira Hassan's book "Saving Our Own Lives"
🟣Communities of people who had been abandoned by social systems
🟣Safe injecting places in Australia
🟣Ground-up approach to recovery
🟣Decarceration of drug use
George (Kev) is a qualitative field researcher who works in street-based drug markets with people who use drugs. He discusses the history of prohibition, safe injecting places in Australia, and a ground-up approach to recovery.
Addiction Podcast Guest:
George (Kev) Dertadian, Ph.D. Social researcher + Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of New South Wales, UNSW
Guest location: New South Wales, Australia
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Addiction Podcast Host:
Chris Langley, Co-Founder | Addiction Recovery Place
