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October 7, 2021 21 mins

Jaye announces a move to a Thursday fortnightly schedule, and introduces Potstirrer Scoops! - a shorter, commentary-based format that will be used for some episodes going forward.

In the first episode of Potstirrer Scoops!, Jaye discusses the recent arrest of two Columbus, Ohio police officers on federal drug charges. Topics covered include the drug war, the opioid epidemic, medical racism, and police corruption.

Related Series - America's Drug War: https://potstirrerpodcast.com/tag/war-on-drugs/

Twitter: @potstirrercast
IG: @potstirrerpodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/
Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com

Source Links:
https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/29/why-fentanyl-is-deadlier-than-heroin/
https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/fentanyl.html
https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(14)00905-5/pdf
https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/violence-injury-prevention-program/drug-overdose/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/columbus-police-officers-charged-crimes-related-distributing-least-7-kilograms-fentan-0
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/09/30/what-we-know-columbus-ohio-police-john-kotchkoski-marco-merino/5921633001/
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/09/30/officers-merino-and-kotchkoski-among-least-12-columbus-cops-pd-officer-charged-drug-trafficking-scan/5927733001/
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2020/10/01/columbus-police-officer-facing-child-pornography-charges/5884214002/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2784104
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/01/03/bias-opioid-prescribing-black-americans
https://www.statnews.com/2021/07/21/black-patients-prescribed-fewer-opioids-white-patients/


Music:
Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still
http://strangerstillshow.com/
http://jonathanbiegen.com

Late Night Train composed by Vans in Japan

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