News From The Drug War Front -Podcast- 06.09.2022

<p>In local news as the ACT prepares to decriminalise most drugs, we will look at contrasting lessons offered by Portugal and Oregon and, also, a piece that predicts riots as the ACT government announces a smoking ban at the Canberra jail. A 2016 survey indicated about 82% of detainees smoked.</p> <p>Nationally we will discuss ‘Opioids are driving drug overdose deaths, but people are struggling to access treatment’</p> <p>From the US comes ‘Are fentanyl test strips helpful for counterfeit pharmaceutical pills?’</p> <p>The show is co-presented by Geoff Ward and Marion Watson.</p>