Say Why To Drugs

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Latest episodes

• Talking with your family about drugs - Live at Latitude 2021

  December 9, 2021 · 32 min

  A live episode! In front of a lovely crowd at the awesome Latitude Festival, back in July 2021. Suzi Gage headed to Suffolk and was joined by previous SWTD guest Fiona Spargo-Mabbs. Their discussion covered all aspects of how to talk with…

• Spiking - with Dr Lata Gautam

  November 25, 2021 · 27 min

  There have been many reports about drink spiking in recent weeks and months. Suzi is joined by Dr Lata Gautam from Anglia Ruskin University to talk about what we mean by drink spiking, what substances are thought to be used, and what a…

• Maternal Drinking

  November 11, 2021 · 44 min

  Say Why to Drugs is back, as Suzi emerges bleary eyed from the first year of being a mum, what better time to talk about alcohol use and motherhood? Well, it's even better than that as it's Baby Week AND alcohol awareness week from 15th…

• Drugs and Sex - recorded live at Vault Festival

  November 19, 2020 · 46 min

  A live episode recorded earlier in the year in London at Vault Festival, in association with Child.org. Suzi speaks to Alex Aldridge. Alex is a Phd student at Royal Holloway, researching sex, drugs and sexual ethics. The conversation…

• Drug regulation - with Transform

  November 5, 2020 · 47 min

  In this episode Suzi talks to James Nicholls, the CEO of an organisation called Transform, who are a think-tank working in drug policy reform. The conversation covers what is meant by various different types of drug policy, from regulation…

• Alcohol in pregnancy

  October 21, 2020 · 49 min

  We're back (briefly)!! In the first episode of a new little run, Suzi speaks to epidemiologists Dr Kate Fleming and Dr Luisa Zuccolo about what we know about the evidence around the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. How do they…

• The Secret Drug Addict

  March 5, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min

  In this episode Suzi speaks to the Secret Drug Addict - a twitter and instagram user who VICE called 'twitter's most helpful anonymous account'. SDA is incredibly open in this conversation, talking about when he first started using drugs…

• Drug Education - with The DSM Foundation

  February 20, 2020 · 46 min

  In this episode Dr Suzi Gage is joined by Fiona Spargo-Mabbs and Sarah Birkett from the DSM Foundation. Fiona and her husband set up the foundation after their son Dan died after taking MDMA. Fiona talks a bit about this, but you can read…