Harm Reduction Radio - Hams

Our guest today is Alexandra Stein, author of the book Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of A Minneapolis Political Cult and the doctoral dissertation Attachment, Networks and Discourse in Extremist Political Organizations: A Comparative Case Study. We will be discussing disorganized attachment and trauma bonding in cults and how this differs from healthy bonding in non-cults.

 Our guest is Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate Judge Jim Gray who will be discussing the federal raids on California Medical Marijuana dispensaries and the failed war on drugs. Judge Gray is the author of the book Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs.

Our guest tonight is Karen B. Walant, Ph. D., author of Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and the Alienated Self.

Our guest is cult expert Janja Lalich PhD, Professor of Sociology at CSU Chico and author of Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships.

Our guest tonight is Ryan Paul Carruthers, executive director of Abintra Counseling, a Nebraska-based addiction treatment program which incorporates Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Abintra is a Latin word meaning "from within."

Our guest tonight is Marlene Winell Ph. D., author of Leaving the Fold - A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving their Religion. For more information about recovery from harmful religion and religious trauma syndrome please visit Dr. Winell's web site http://journeyfree.org.

Our guest is Jay Levy, author of Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing and Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned. Jay has been working in homeless outreach and Housing First for over 20 years.

Our guest this afternoon is Marc D Lewis Ph D, author of Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs.

Our guest is Philip J. Flores Ph. D., author of Addiction as an Attachment Disorder. We will be discussing addiction and attachment theory.

Our guest this evening is Gilbert Ross MD, Executive Director of the American Council on Science and Health. Dr. Ross is the author of the Forbes article How Health Regulators Are Killing American Smokers. We will be discussing various tobacco harm reduction strategies including Swedish snus, electronic cigarettes, and smoking reduction.  

Our guest this evening is Peter Venturelli, Ph. D., co-author of Drugs and Society.

Our guest this evening is Darrel Ray Ed. D. who is the author of The God Virus and Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality. He also operates the web site Recovering from Religion.

Our guest this evening is Jenny Barber who will tell us about her experience working in Eva's Satellite, a harm reduction youth shelter for 16 to 24 year olds in Toronto Canada.  

Our guest is harm reduction therapist Pamela Smithbell who is the author of the paper From New Age to Neuroscience; Creating New Narratives with Meditation Programs and Guided Imagery in Addiction Treatment.

Our guest this evening is Robert Doyle, MD, DDS of Harvard Health Services. Dr. Doyle is co-author of the book Almost Alcoholic.

Our guest is Joseph Nowinski PhD, co-author of the book Almost Alcoholic and primary author of the Project MATCH 12 Step Facilitation Therapy Manual.

Our guest is Mason Tvert, co-author of Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? and executive director of saferchoice.org.

Our guest is Barry Lessin, M.Ed., CAADC who will be discussing his journey from being a traditional 12 step addictions counselor to becoming a harm reduction therapist.

Our guest this evening is Andrew Bairnsfather, founder of Christians Against Prohibition, and we will be discussing how the drug war is in violation of the basic ethical principles which inform the world's religions.

Our guest this evening is Cynthia Hoffman, MFT who does couples counseling and harm reduction therapy groups in San Francisco.