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I welcome Neil Woods to the show in this interview episode to discuss his career as a former UK police officer and undercover drugs operative.Neil worked undercover between 1993 and 2007, befriending and gaining the trust of some of Britain's most violent and unpredictable criminals. He's now an active member of the international drug policy reform movement.With the insight that can only come from having fought on its front lines, Neil saw the true futility of the War on Drugs - that it demonises those who need help and empowers the worst elements in society.  Neil is a board member of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) in the USA and the U.K. (LEAP UK). LEAP is a growing international organisation that advocates an evidence-based drug policy and related criminal justice reforms. The group is made up entirely of serving and former police and other law enforcement.Neil can be reached at his website:neilwoods.net***This interview was recorded on May 24, 2023.For all things British Murders, please visit my website:https://www.britishmurders.com/Intro music:David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I welcome Neil Woods to the show in this interview episode to discuss his career as a former UK police officer and undercover drugs operative. Neil worked undercover between 1993 and 2007, befriending and gaining the trust of some of Britain's most violent and unpredictable criminals. He's now an active member of the international drug policy reform movement. With the insight that can only come from having fought on its front lines, Neil saw the true futility of the War on Drugs - that it demonises those who need help and empowers the worst elements in society.    Neil is a board member of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) in the USA and the U.K. (LEAP UK).   LEAP is a growing international organisation that advocates an evidence-based drug policy and related criminal justice reforms. The group is made up entirely of serving and former police and other law enforcement. Neil can be reached at his website: neilwoods.net ***This interview was recorded on May 24, 2023. For all things British Murders, please visit my website: https://www.britishmurders.com/ Intro music: David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet' https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this breaking news, emergency broadcast, special podcast, we'll be discussing the bold new moves by the Scottish government to reform their drug policies.We speak to retired Police Inspector Ian Andrew, and former Detective and author of The Ten Percent, Simon McLean - both of whom are LEAP UK and LEAP Scotland members. Both Ian and Simon have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help these new proposals come about.So, what are we talking about here? Well, a new report recommends that Scotland decriminalises all drug possession, as well as safe consumption rooms, diamorphine assisted treatment, and drug checking services. This is also a step towards a conversation around legal regulation of all drugs.Hear from inside the circle, how this came about, how it's shaping up and crucially... how will the Westminster government react? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 57 - Neil Woods, The Real Story Behind The War on Drugs The mighty, wise and brilliant Neil Woods joins Zach on this all new episode of the MAPS Podcast. Neil discusses his insights when he spent 13 years as an undercover drugs operative in the UK and how his experiences led to an awakening to course correct and lead the charge in fighting the war on drugs. Neil is a wonderfully eloquent speaker and story teller, you won't want to miss his one of a kind insight into a global war that has failed nearly everyone involved.  Neil is a former UK police officer and undercover drugs operative. Now he's an active member of the international drug policy reform movement. He worked undercover between 1993 and 2007 befriending and gaining the trust of some of the most violent, unpredictable criminals in Britain.  With the insight that can only come from having fought on its front lines, Neil came to see the true futility of the War on Drugs - that it demonises those who need help, and empowers the very worst elements in society.  Neil is a board member of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) in the USA, and in the U.K. (LEAP UK).

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Episode 8 of The Simpa Life Podcast features Neil Woods, one of the most prolific former undercover drug detective on the frontlines of the 1990s and early 2000s British war on drugs. After recognising the harm his career had on the most vulnerable in society Neil retired from policing and began advocating for an end to the war on drugs. These days Neil is a public speaker, an author, and board member of both LEAP and LEAP UK. Check out his books written with J S Rafaeli Good cop, Bad war (2016) Drug Wars (2018) Follow Neil's work at: LEAP UK Twitter Website If you enjoyed this video please consider liking, sharing, and subscribing and if you loved it, please consider becoming a Patreon today Visit www.TheSimpaLife.com for more content and information. You can also follow The Simpa Life on Social media. - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram “The Simpa Life is a media and lifestyle company that seeks to inform, entertain and educate through the creation and curation of alternative thought-provoking content and conversations”

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Ex-undercover drugs detective sergeant Neil Woods spent fourteen years infiltrating drug gangs, gaining the trust of some of the most violent, unpredictable criminals in Britain – He now spends his time as a board member of LEAP UK – a global group of law enforcement voices calling for drug law reforms.This episode was recorded on 20/02/20Neil's book ‘Drug Wars' is available now: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1114855/drug-wars/9781785037467.htmlNeil Woods website: http://www.neilwoods.net/LEAP UK: http://ukleap.org/Subscribe to Ross Kemp TV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jpyA0_lbm5B7ugrgNEOugInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosskemptv/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RossKempFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RossKempTVProduced by The Chancer Collective: http://thechancercollective.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_chancer_collective/Recorded at One Fine Play: https://www.onefineplay.com/ Music by Reteps: http://reteps.net/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Tim Lovejoy talks to Executive Director of LEAP UK, Jason Reed. Tim and Jason discuss how his illness led him to be involved in LEAP UK and drug reform, the history if drug prohibition and why the people involved go higher up than you think. Tim and Jason also talk about the next steps towards drug reform. Jason’s Stop and Search podcast is available here - https://apple.co/32qCJLH Jason;’s film Culture High is can be found here - https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-culture-high-full-length-documentary/ Turn on the tap with Quooker here - www.quooker.co.uk/enuk If you would like to contact us then our email address is dearlovejoypodcast@gmail.com or you can tweet Tim @timlovejoy

We're discussing the global drugs chain. From consumer countries, producer countries, and transit countries, the global chain for drugs is wide-ranging, but sometimes the links in the chain are not immediately obvious. We're joined by a great panel to discuss the many overlaps in the global drugs economy and to explain why none of us are free from the impacts and consequences:Tom Wainwright is a journalist and the Britain editor at The Economist, he's also the author of Narconomics, and book which looks at the Latin American drug trade.Juan Fernandez Ochoa is Campaigns and Communications Officer at IDPC - the International Drug Policy Consortium. Juan also leads on the development of the global Support. Don't Punish campaign.Neil Woods is a former undercover drugs detective and is co-author of Good Cop, Bad War and most recently Drug Wars. Neil is a prominent member of LEAP and LEAP UK.And of course your host is Jason Reed. This episode was recorded live at Tottenham Court Road Waterstones in front of an audience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sir Simon Jenkins was one of the first journalists to cast a questioning eye over the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. We were very lucky to be invited into Sir Simon's house where we have a very interesting discussion on the historical aspects of our drug laws and how they work in today's society. Writing for The Guardian and author of many books on history, it's fair to say that Simon is one of the country's most respected writers.We're joined by Neil Woods, former undercover drugs detective, author, and Chair of LEAP UK, and also JS Rafaeli, journalist and co-author of Good Cop, Bad War and Drug Wars.In this conversation we delve into the history and legacy of the 'drug war', how the US coerced Britain into this approach, and how the 'British system' was our preferred method of treating those who may suffer with heroin addiction - so what exactly is the British system? JS and Neil really do lend us a great deal of perspective in this conversation given their research for the book Drug Wars which provides an overview of how and why we've reached the place we have with regards to a harmful drugs policy.We say it every time... but this is truly a fascinating podcast! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 70 - Last episode before a summer break! Tiernan talks to Jason Reed (@JasonTron) at Leap UK about the government's new Drugs Strategy. Plus a mini-interview with Ian Dunt (@iandunt) on where we're at with Brexit and Tiernan discloses his BBC fees!Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/A065LHJFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and our webpage at http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on Felony Friday Neil Woods joins host John Odermatt. Neil is a former Undercover Drugs Detective Sergeant and is the Chairman of LEAP UK (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition United Kingdom.) For 14 years, Neil Woods risked his life as a drug squad police officer posing undercover as a heroin and crack addict. Over the years Neil came to realize that his work and drug prohibition as a whole, actually made the drug trade more dangerous. So now he works as an activist with LEAP UK to put end to drug prohibition in the United Kingdom. You can find the show notes page >here

Episode 10 of Stop and Search, and we're here to have a look at what took place over the last year. Joining us: - Ronnie Cowan - MP for Inverclyde - Damien Gayle - Guardian journalist - Sally Hayden - Freelance journalist, worked with Thomas Reuters Foundation, BBC and formerly with Vice On February 29th 2016, LEAP UK officially launched in the Houses of Parliament with a press conference declaring the urgent need for drug law reform. We are now one year on and our guests, who joined us last year for our launch, join us again to have a good chat: What has gone on in 2016, and what we can expect moving forward? We discuss the media, politics, lobbying, Facebook, social media, and also what the individual countries from the British isles are doing with their respective drug policies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. WELCOME. Yes indeed, an additional welcome is necessary this week as you are treated to FOUR Distraction Pieces Network reps right here - it's episode 126 of Distraction Pieces and it is the DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK SPECIAL! Join your regular host Scroobius Pip and the presenters of the amazingly informative (award winning!) drug education podcast Say Why To Drugs (Dr Suzi Gage), the super superb wrestling show Tuesday Night Jaw (Jim Smallman) and the LEAP UK podcast Stop And Search (Jason Reed) in a perfect podcast pileup, for all kinds of gossip, show notes, the highs of being part of the network over the past year and all manner of banter brilliance from the crew who deliver gold in every respective episode. If you haven't peeped any of the episodes from this lot yet, my god - get involved! Enjoy!!! Here's where you can find everyone: • SAY WHY TO DRUGS with Dr Suzi Gage: https://www.acast.com/saywhytodrugs • Dr Suzi Gage on Twitter: https://twitter.com/soozaphone •... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For 14 years Neil infiltrated drug gangs in the UK as an undercover operative. He spent 23 years total in the UK police force. He is now the chair for LEAP UK, which stands for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. We talk about his many experiences posing as a drug addict and taking down drug dealers, and why he's switched sides in this drug war. Neil is open about how difficult it was to come to terms with how little good he actually did for his communities by going after these drug kingpins. He is also open about how coming to this realization contributed to his PTSD.  Drug addiction is quite clearly a medical and social issue, not a criminal one. We discuss why police should be free to focus on other things, and that by keeping drugs illegal we are actually perpetuating violence, theft, and intimidation in our communities.  We also touch on marijuana and the potential for some other psychedelic type of substances to be used for people's benefit, as well as political corruption, fear, and speaking out publicly. There is an overwhelming amount of proof as to why this drug war is a losing battle, but it may take many more people like Neil speaking up before things change. Find him and others like him at LEAP UK:  INSTAGRAM:  TWITTER: www. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ChangeTruth More at  

All of the welcomes and a very merry Friday to you, and for making it to the end of the week here is a bonus Distraction Pieces Podcast to rock and shock your pre-weekend listening entertainment... It's a LEAP UK exclusive, and their formal introduction into the DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK! (More on that particular nugget to come in due course...) All shall be made clear in Pip's introduction and indeed, outroduction, but essentially this is a fairly rough and ready recording snatched from a post-Houses Of Parliament appearance from the LEAP collective as they celebrated up in Waterstones in Tottenham Court Road, London! It was a worthwhile recording, as we hear from a number of LEAP affiliates and their experiences and hopes for future change on the whole, and what can be done / is being done toward that. A perfect addition to DPP episode 81 with Jason Reed of LEAP. Enjoy the weekend! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.