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Sickboy Introduces: On Drugs

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance you’re on drugs right now. More episodes of On Drugs are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/upajoH

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0:00.0

It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political

0:05.3

playbook.

0:05.8

And when it comes to what it all means for Canada, well, as they say, it's complicated.

0:09.8

But our podcast, two blocks from the White House, is a way to make sense of it all.

0:13.8

Join me, Willie Lowry, and senior Washington correspondents, Paul Hunter and Katie Simpson

0:18.6

every week as we break down the headlines from Capitol Hill

0:22.1

with a Canadian spin.

0:24.2

Find and follow two blocks from the White House on your favorite podcast app, including YouTube.

0:30.3

This is a CBC podcast.

0:36.4

Hi there. I'm Jeff Turner. I'm the host and creator of the series On Drugs that first

0:42.2

launched in 2017. We covered a lot of ground over two seasons, but there are still so many

0:48.3

stories to tell. So I'm excited to share that On Drugs is back for a third season, and this time it's personal.

0:57.0

We're digging deeper than ever into the stories we tell about drugs, including the ones we rarely confront.

1:03.2

This season challenges the typical narratives about addiction, exploring what substances reveal not only about our bodies, but also our understanding of consciousness,

1:13.3

our motivations, and our very sense of self. From the allure of psychedelic therapy to the cultural

1:20.0

stigmas around safe supply, to the acceptance of certain drugs over others, on drugs asks the question,

1:29.9

what are drugs teaching us about what it means to be human? In this first episode, I confront my own rocky relationship with alcohol,

1:36.4

using it as a lens to question the nature of desire, drive, and what we truly seek from life.

1:43.9

Have a listen.

1:50.0

The first time I ever really tried alcohol, I was 14.

1:55.0

I don't remember exactly how the evening came to be,

1:58.0

but I was with my best friend Mike,

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