VIDEOS and PODCASTS

The social construction and demonisation of drugs and consequences for ‘drug’ users

Dr Julian Buchanan, retired Associate Professor of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington talks to Dr Nina Su about the harms created by prohibitionist drug policies. He is now using his research and experiences to advocate for drug policy reform through the Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/23-breaking-bad-laws-the-price-of-prohibition/id1641608348?i=1000618519499

15second extract from the podcast

Former President of SA addressing the IHRC 2023 leans heavily on an article I co-authored and calls for Prohibition to be abolished to end the drug apartheid

I’m addressing a webinar in Sweden as they rethink their drug policy problem, reflecting on my own journey from prohibitionist to harm reduction pioneer and human rights activist for people who use state banned drugs.

Dr Julian Buchanan a New Zealand academic and author of dozens of articles explains on the Drug Truth Network how the ill conceived drug war policy has resulted in horrendous damage. Radio Interview on the Cultural Baggage Radio Show, Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Interviewed by Dean Becker. Source: 11/11/20 Dr. Julian Buchanan

Why we should decriminalise drugs – in 110 seconds

Exploring how and why I became interested in drugs, addiction and law reform

Interview (77mins) with Bullhead Studios

Presentation (5mins) to the Health Select Committee urging them to amend the Medicinal Cannabis Bill

Global Drug Policy: Why & Where have we gone wrong. 

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 Arguments for Drug Reform

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Foundations for Good Drug Policy and Practice

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The Social Context of Recovery in an Era of Austerity

Ending Prohibition or Ending up with Prohibition 2.0?

Jana Juniper Gee Questions Julian Buchanan on the ‘Drugs Apartheid’

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Full Interview by Jana Juniper Gee looking back on lessons from four decades in drug policy

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Do we have a global drug problem – or is it a global drug policy problem?
Scarman Lecture, Leicester University, 13th June 2012

‎Criminology Scarman Lectures: Damage caused by drugs or by drug policy? on Apple Podcasts

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The popularisation of treatment and the war on drugs

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Discrimination & the challenge of reintegration

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http://www.fead.org.uk/video/julian-buchanan-on-the-war-on-drugs/

The war on drugs – a war on drug users?

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Criminalisation and the Pragmatism of Decriminalisation

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The ‘wider malaise’ regarding proper analysis of the drug problem

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Merseyside Harm Reduction in 1983 and Lessons Learned

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Working with Dr John Marks in Liverpool in the 1980s

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Criminal Justice Interventions and Drug Dependence

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Bridging the Gap Between Drug Recovery and Social Reintegration

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