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    Explore "harm reduction" with insightful episodes like "Division Keeps the U.S. From Effectively Tackling the Fentanyl Crisis", "How to talk to teens about drugs", "Investigation: How ketamine became the UK’s hidden campus killer", "How Over-The-Counter Narcan Could Help Save More Lives" and "516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?" from podcasts like ""Consider This from NPR", "Life Kit", "Stories of our times", "Consider This from NPR" and "Freakonomics Radio"" and more!

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    Division Keeps the U.S. From Effectively Tackling the Fentanyl Crisis

    Division Keeps the U.S. From Effectively Tackling the Fentanyl Crisis
    Fentanyl has killed an unprecedented number of people in the United States again in 2023. But so far Washington's political leaders haven't been able to workout creative solutions to the crisis together.

    Like the pandemic before it, the fentanyl crisis has divided Americans along political and cultural fault lines.

    NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with three reporters — NPR's addiction correspondent Brian Mann, WBUR's Martha Bebinger, and KFF Health News' Aneri Pattani — about the depth of the crisis and possible solutions.

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    How to talk to teens about drugs

    How to talk to teens about drugs
    Overdose deaths among teenagers have skyrocketed in the last few years due to opioids like fentanyl. Experts say drug education that focuses on harm reduction, an approach that focuses on safety rather than abstinence, could help save lives. Here's how to start the conversation with young people and how to respond in an emergency.

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    Investigation: How ketamine became the UK’s hidden campus killer

    Investigation: How ketamine became the UK’s hidden campus killer

    In the last decade, ketamine has become one of the most popular drugs among students. Part of its appeal seems to be a false reputation for being comparatively safe. But the Times has uncovered never-before-seen data that paints a very dark picture of the dangers of ketamine.

    This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.

    Guest: Dominic Kennedy, Investigations Editor, The Times.

    Host: Luke Jones.

    Clips: Wigan council, Sky News.

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    How Over-The-Counter Narcan Could Help Save More Lives

    How Over-The-Counter Narcan Could Help Save More Lives
    The FDA has approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan, a nasal spray version of the life-saving medication naloxone. The medication is known for its ability to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose.

    The FDA's move will make Narcan more widely available than ever before. But experts say this is just one step in the right direction, when it comes to preventing overdose deaths.

    NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Nabarun Dasgupta, a senior scientist at the University of North Carolina who has been studying opioid overdose prevention and addiction treatment since 2002, about what this means for the opioid epidemic.

    In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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    Opioids, COVID-19 And Racism: A Deadly Trifecta

    Opioids, COVID-19 And Racism: A Deadly Trifecta
    Drug overdose deaths are on the rise all around the country, including in Chicago, Illinois. ProPublica Illinois reporter Duaa Eldeib explains how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the opioid epidemic, and the challenges that public health officials are facing as they work to reduce opioid-related deaths.

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    E984: Vice Ventures Founding Partner Catharine Dockery raised $25M to invest in vices: marijuana, sextech, gambling, alcohol, vaping; shares insights on hacking her way into VC through cold emails & a strong investment thesis, capitalizing on early markets hungry for investment

    E984: Vice Ventures Founding Partner Catharine Dockery raised $25M to invest in vices: marijuana, sextech, gambling, alcohol, vaping; shares insights on hacking her way into VC through cold emails & a strong investment thesis, capitalizing on early markets hungry for investment
    0:47 Jason intros Catharine Dockery
    4:29 How Catharine came up with Vice Ventures
    7:00 What was the response when Catharine began raising her first fund?
    7:19 What does harm-reduction mean for Vice Ventures?
    9:21 Getting Marc Andreessen to invest in her fund
    13:32 Strangest emails Catharine has received since starting Vice Ventures
    16:01 Investing in cannabis
    20:15 Investing in psychedelics
    26:33 Investing in gambling
    31:16 Who are Catharine's typical LPs?
    32:15 Investing in alcohol
    39:33 Investing in sextech
    44:06 Vice Ventures strong thesis against harming others
    47:22 Is Vice Ventures hiring?