15 Best Drug Podcasts
Drug Podcasts
Here are 15 Best Drug Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
Export Contact List1. PSYCHOACTIVE
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Drugs, drugs, drugs. Almost everyone uses them. Almost everyone has an opinion about them. Drug policy pioneer Ethan Nadelmann gets to the bottom of our strange relationship to drugs by talking with those who love them, hate them, and study them.We'd love to hear your stories and ideas. Send us a note at ****@protozoa.com or leave a voicemail at 1-833-PSYCHO-0 (1-833-779-2460).MORE Host Ethan Nadelmann
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts and Protozoa
Email ****@nadelmann.net
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 223 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Drug Positive
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
Drug Positive is the risk reduction and benefit enhancement podcast reducing shame and stigma to save lives and end the drug war.
Host Emanuel Sferios
Producer/Network Emanuel Sferios
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 103Facebook 1.6K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Since Jul 2018 Get Email Contact
3. Drugs and Stuff: A Podcast from the Drug Policy Alliance
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Welcome to Drugs & Stuff. We're a podcast about drugs, harm reduction, mass criminalization, the drug war, and other stuff from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs. We bring in a wide variety of experts from scientists to activists, writers to teachers to hear about how drugs and drug policy play a role in their work and lives.We also offer a peek behind the scenes as we feature DPA staff talking about the work they do.MORE Hosts Gabriella Miyares, Maritza Perez Medina, Sheila Vakharia
Producer/Network Drug Policy Alliance
Email ****@drugpolicy.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 83Facebook 217.8KTwitter 97.5K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2017 Get Email Contact
4. FDA Drug Safety Podcasts
Latest Episode Video
Website Apple YouTube
FDA Drug Safety Podcasts, produced by FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, provide emerging safety information about drugs in conjunction with the release of Drug Safety Communications. For more information, please visit: www.fda.gov/drugsafetypodcastsMORE Email ****@fda.hhs.gov
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 85Facebook 862.3KTwitter 558K Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Since Jan 2016 Get Email Contact
5. Say Why To Drugs
Latest Episode
Apple
The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode - providing information about what we know - the harms, but also potential benefits of these substances. There's no hype, no spin and no judgement, just information. In the first series, she is in conversation with rapper Scroobius Pip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Dr. Suzi Gage
Producer/Network Distraction Pieces Ntwrk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 288 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
6. Say Know Podcast
Latest Episode
Website Spotify
The Say Know Podcast works to bridge the gap between academic research and knowledge earned from the street; in the areas of drugs and addiction. We interview policymakers, researchers and people with lived experience. Our host, Matt Ingrouille, has been a cop for the last 12 years and uses his knowledge and experience to pull interesting, hilarious and often heart wrenching stories from our guests. The Say Know Podcast will give you insight on what is happening on the streets and what we can do as a community to make things better!MORE Host Matt Ingrouille
Producer/Network Matt Ingrouille
Email ****@sayknow.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 33Facebook 825Twitter 220 Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact
7. The Drug Discovery World Podcast
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Here at Drug Discovery World (DDW) we've been publishing articles written by leading experts in the Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical, and BioPharmaceutical industries for over 20 years. DDW has grown as a quarterly business review of drug discovery and development, and now we've created this podcast to allow you to listen to our articles on the go.In our journal and this podcast, we cover topics surrounding: drug discovery; drug development; business; chemistry; enabling technologies; informatics; personalised medicine; screening; therapeutics, and much more...MORE Host Megan Thomas
Producer/Network Drug Discovery World (DDW)
Email ****@ddw-online.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.5/5Apple Reviews 32 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Dec 2017 Get Email Contact
8. Drug Stories Project
Latest Episode
Website Apple Spotify
By sharing the personal narratives of those affected by the opioid and addiction epidemic, we can help erase the stigma. Listen. Learn. Share your story.
Producer/Network Drug Stories Project
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 12Facebook 249 Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Since Feb 2018 Get Email Contact
9. The Drug Science Podcast
Latest Episode
Website Apple
Professor David Nutt has spent a career making the argument for a rational, evidence-based approach to drug policy and drug use. The scientific evidence still challenges perceived wisdom on drugs and for that reason can appear to be contentious. In this podcast, the Professor explores the actual harms and potential benefits of various drugs, challenging myths surrounding classification and legislation, and exploring the societal impact of poorly informed drug policy. Using evidence in public policy should not be controversial...MORE Host David Nutt
Producer/Network Drug Science
Email ****@imperial.ac.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 289 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact
10. Psychotropic
Latest Episode
Website YouTube
Stories involving psychotropic drugs. If you are interested in people, the drug experience and its consequences, philosophies and ideas surrounding drug use, and how it's all laced into everyday life, then these short memoirs, told by individuals who have (or haven't) partaken, might give you some insight. A new episode presented every two weeks.MORE Estimated listeners
Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact
11. The Dr. Junkie Show
Latest Episode Video
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
The Dr. Junkie Show is a podcast hosted by addicted person, convicted criminal, prison educator and college educator Ben Boyce. Topics include drugs and those who use them, media, and communication, along with an overall focus on systems of power.MORE Host Benjamin Boyce
Producer/Network Benjamin Boyce
Email ****@ucdenver.edu
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 42Facebook 246 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
12. The Drug Classroom
Latest Episode
Website Spotify YouTube
The Drug Classroom provides unbiased drug education. It operates with the knowledge that education is a core part of harm reduction. It provides straightforward drug education that is free from bias. Drugs are never going to leave society, so it only makes sense to provide real drug education.MORE Email ****@thedrugclassroom.com
Estimated listeners
Facebook 7.2KTwitter 930 Since Feb 2017 Get Email Contact
Drug shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Gender | Twitter Handle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Nadelmann | Host | omny.fm/shows/psychoactive | Male | @ethannadelmann | ||
| Emanuel Sferios | Host | drugpositive.org | @sferios | |||
| Gabriella Miyares | Co Host | drugsandstuff.libsyn.com | 1 | @rathersingular | ||
| Maritza Perez Medina | Co Host | drugsandstuff.libsyn.com | 1 | |||
| Sheila Vakharia | Co Host | drugsandstuff.libsyn.com | 1 | @myharmreduction | ||
| Dr. Suzi Gage | Host | Female | ||||
| Matt Ingrouille | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-know-podcast/id1367243393 | @kijengamatt | |||
| Megan Thomas | Host | drugdiscoveryworldpodcast.libsyn.com | 56 | Female | @megthomastweets | |
| David Nutt | Host | open.spotify.com/show/2hLSRIS777SKphWxv4HyDK | 16 | Male | @profdavidnutt | |
| Benjamin Boyce | Host | drjunkieshow.com | 1 | Male | @drjunkieshow | |
| Drug Stories Project | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drugstories/episodes/Ted-Stout-Doctors-e17k6v | 20 | ||||
| Phillip Johnson | psychotropic.podbean.com/e/episode-32-brian-from-the-nod-squad-podcast | 20 | ||||
| Seth | thedrugclassroom.com/tdc-podcast-13-zach-rhoads-on-outgrowing-addiction | 1 | @DrugClassroom |
