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Science of Drugs with Richard Roxburgh

Season 1

2022 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. Legal and Lethal

    2022-08-16 · 57m

    Richard Roxburgh unpacks the science of our two most commonly used legal drugs - tobacco and alcohol. Science historian Professor Robert Proctor reveals how our nicotine habit transformed into such a lethal addiction.

  2. 2. Medicinal Mindbenders

    2022-08-23 · 55m

    Cannabis, psychedelics and MDMA are all experiencing a research renaissance, as scientists reach new understandings of their interaction with the human body and mind.

  3. 3. The Stimulants

    2022-08-30 · 57m

    We look at the different effects of caffeine, cocaine and methamphetamine. Two-time world surfing champion Tom Carroll opens up about his own battle with addiction and how he got clean.

  4. 4. New Epidemics

    2022-09-06 · 56m

    The finale examines the opioid crisis in the United States and looks at diseases caused by poor diet and sugar addiction.

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