Anja Taylor
Director
Science of Drugs with Richard Roxburgh (2022)
Season 1
Presented by Richard Roxburgh this four-part series is drug science without the politics. It unpacks the history, harms and surprising benefits of our most common recreational drugs.
Released Aug. 16, 2022
Episode 60 min
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S1E1 - Legal and Lethal
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.
Aug. 16, 2022, midnight
S1E2 - Medicinal Mindbenders
Cannabis, psychedelics and MDMA are all experiencing a research renaissance, as scientists reach new understandings of their interaction with the human body and mind.
Aug. 23, 2022, midnight
S1E3 - The Stimulants
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.
Aug. 30, 2022, midnight
S1E4 - New Epidemics
The finale examines the opioid crisis in the United States and looks at diseases caused by poor diet and sugar addiction.
Sept. 6, 2022, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 225 min.
Released: Aug. 16, 2022
Last Air Date: Sept. 6, 2022, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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