News From The Drug War Front Podcast - 26.01.2021

<a href='https://newsfromthedrugwarfrontpodcast.podbean.com/e/news-from-the-drug-war-front-podcast-1882020/'>News From The Drug War Front Podcast - 26.1.2021</a> <p>Aired 10:30am AEST 26.1.2021</p> <p>News From The Drug War Front with Geoff Ward and Marion Watson.</p> <p>Supported by: Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy and The Connection.</p> <p>Recorded at: 2xx FM98.3 Community Radio.</p> <p>From 10:30am until noon on Tuesday January 26th there will be a new edition of the radio show “News from the Drug War Front” brought to you by CAHMA, Canberra’s peer-based drug user organisation. </p> <p>-Opioid Overdose Recognition and Response with Naloxone Workshops are scheduled for Tuesday February 16th and Tuesday February 23rd commencing at 2pm. To book a place or to make inquiries call Dave or Damo at CAHMA on 6253-3643. </p> <p>-Australian banks laundered M $ 500 for cocaine cartel organisations according to a report in the Australian Financial Review </p> <p>- The founder of Border Force's illegal tobacco squad says one in five cigarettes smoked in Australia is illegal and demand has spawned a smuggling trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year </p> <p>-In international news we will discuss a piece by Kastalia Medrano “The Biden Administration and Drug Policy: Expectation Versus Reality”.  </p> <p>-A sharp rise in deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles starting in the spring of 2020 was driven by drug overdoses involving fentanyl. </p> <p>- Paramedics responded to more drug overdoses on Vancouver Island and across British Colombia last year than ever before, as the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increasingly toxic drug supply. </p> <p>- The radio show is co-presented with Marion Watson. Music is played during the show, which is broadcast on 2XX, Canberra’s Community Radio, 98.3 FM. It can be streamed live through 2XX or heard as audio on demand via the 2XX website. Go to Programs and find “News from the Drug War Front” and listen when you wish to. The show, without music, can