Colin Bloom is joined over the phone by Baroness Meacher, co-chairman of The All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform and cross-bench peer, to discuss the decriminalisation of drugs, in particular cannabis, and why, according to a group of MPs and peers, the 'war on drugs' is over.
Guests: Baroness Molly Meacher
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Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by three experts from My Family Care, Silverman and Sherliker and Russell Cooke to discuss the challenges facing people in the 'sandwich generation', people who are caring for their parents and their children at the same time.
Guests: Ben Black,Jennie Kreser,Fudia Smartt
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Original Broadcast: Fair Deal Special
A new film called The True Cost takes an in-depth look into the impact of the global garment industry on the people and the planet – particularly in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster when an eight-story garment factory, which at the time was making clothes for major western brands, collapsed in Bangladesh killing over 1000 people and injuring thousands. In this Fair Deal show chats to the director Andrew Morgan to find out more.
Guests: Andrew Morgan
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Marc Shoffman and Rita Lobo discuss the right to die with, Alistair Thompson from Care Not Killing and Jonathan Romain from Dignity in Dying.
Guests: Alistair Thompson,Jonathan Romain,Rabbi Shimshon Silkin
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