During our brief, half-hiatus, This Week in Drugs will be focusing exclusively on weekly news updates for the next month and a half or so.

Producer Tyler Williams joins the team to discuss news updates, and we will be announcing our Season 2 launch date shortly.

News Updates:

Mexico may allow for drug checking by NGOs

Drunk Russian sailor crashes 7,000-ton ship into Scotland — at full speed

#Everylinecounts campaign targets end users’ conscience to reduce cocaine demand

Turing Pharmaceuticals reverses promise to lower drug cost

Forecasts:

Sentencing Reform and Correction Act of 2015

December 15, 2015: The 82nd anniversary of the enactment of the 21st amendment.