#62 - Terence Jones: THE OPIOID CRISIS & SUBOXONE; THE FLAWED SENTENCING SYSTEM; NUANCE & THE SOPRANOS; THE PRESIDENT PEDESTAL
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Terence Jones is an activist, law student, community organizer, and long-time advocate for Civil Rights/Social Justice organizations including the NAACP. Currently, he serves as a Program Facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project—where he works with prison inmates to foster anti-aggressive behaviors. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 6:04 - Terence tells a story about a car crash with a cop; The Student Debt Crisis; The lack of Financial Literacy in America 27:48 - The Opioid Crisis and Terence’s work in Opioid Clinics; Suboxone and drugs that ween addicts off of heroin; The motivations of a drug addict to use drugs; Drug Legalization Debate; 1:00:23 - The types of people who work at Drug Addiction Clinics; Pharma Companies and kickbacks to judges for drug recommendations 1:17:18 - Julian tells a story about a Big Pharma Marketing Team; The dangerous combination of Groupthink and Marketing in large entities; The problem with the Criminal Prosecution & Criminal Sentencing Systems; Julian & Terence discuss Malcolm Gladwell’s “AI Bail” study in “Talking To Strangers”; Julian tells a story about a surreal courtroom scene 1:50:44 - Terence emphasizes the need for nuance in society using “The Sopranos” as a symbol; Why Tony Soprano was relatable; The timelessness of another HBO show, “The Wire”; Terence defines what Patriotism should really mean; Terence and Julian debate putting Presidents on a pedestal given the examples of Obama & Trump in recent years; Steven Pinker, The Wealth Gap -- and the symbolism of the political movements of the 2010s. 2:27:53 - The Afghanistan Crisis; The ridiculous expectation we have that Presidents know about everything; The irony of Trump having success because he knew very little 2:45:29 - The politicization of young kids; Cancel Culture; The ACLU and allowing all speech ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices