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Podcast: Psychedelics Today
Episode: PT427 – Sarko Gergerian, MS, MHC, CARC – The Philosophy of Law Enforcement, the Criminalization of Self-Directed Behavior, and Transformative Care for Police
Description: In this episode, Joe interviews Sarko Gergerian, MS, MHC, CARC: a police peer support, community outreach, and health-fitness officer; founding member of the Community and Law Enforcement Assisted Recovery Program (C.L.E.A.R.); and psychotherapist trained in ketamine- and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Any regular listener of the show should be familiar with how passionately Joe is against the drug war and the resulting policing of what many of us feel should be legal, so this in-person conversation with a police officer who seems to mostly be on our side is pretty refreshing to hear. G...