The Morality of Drugs and the Opioid Crisis with Sarah Deutsch

American Hysteria

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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This week we will be discussing the history of drug panic in the United States and its effects in the present day. My guest is Sarah Deutsch, a friend of mine from high school who received her masters in Public health from the City University of New York. Sarah went on to become the Director of Outreach and Prevention for a syringe exchange in Washington Heights, where she worked for many years. Currently, Sarah is working in Washington State to scale up programs that serve people who use drugs. For this episode, Sarah will share her expertise as we discuss the morality of drugs, and the differences and similarities in cultural perceptions in the current opioid crisis. \ My guest this week is Sarah Deutsch This episode was produced by Clear Commo Studios Join me next week for our season finale on The End of the World Become a Patron for extra episodes, interviews, and videos monthly! Follow American Hysteria on social media: Twitter: @AmerHysteria Instagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Calm Down.
0:03.0	This week we'll be discussing the history of drug panic in the United States and its effects in the present day.
0:09.0	My guest is Sarah Deutsch, a friend of mine from high school who received her master's in public health from the City University of New York,
0:15.0	and was a director of outreach and prevention for a syringe exchange in Washington Heights.
0:20.0	Currently, Sarah is working in Washington State to help scale up programs that serve people who use drugs.
0:26.7	Today, Sarah will share her expertise as we discuss the morality of drugs and the differences in similarities in cultural perceptions in the current opioid crisis.
0:36.4	We've already covered the panic.
0:37.8	Now, here's the calm down.
0:40.4	I'm here with my friend Sarah Deutsch.
0:42.7	We're sitting.
0:43.0	Hi, Chelsea.
0:43.6	Hi, Sarah.
0:44.2	We're sitting on my bedroom floor on this Persian rug knockoff that I got off the internet.
0:51.7	And Sarah...
0:52.8	It's very comfortable.
0:53.6	It's comfortable. Apparently, my room, what did you call it? Peace And Sarah, it's very comfortable. It's comfortable. Apparently my
0:54.9	room, what did you call it? Peaceful? It does look very peaceful tonight. It isn't. But anyway,
1:01.9	I know Sarah from high school. We became friends my junior year and you were a sophomore year,
1:08.1	right? Yeah. Before you moved away to the cool art school that I was very jealous.
1:13.1	It's true.
1:13.4	I did get sent away for doing too many drugs.
1:16.0	Did you?
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