The Next 72 Hours

In most states, a person may be held for up to 72 hours for treatment and evaluation of a suspected mental illness. Sometimes, 72 hours can't tell the whole story.The Next 72 Hours brings you the lived realities of Black people navigating the American mental health system. In each episode, psychiatrists Dr. Dani Hairston and Dr. Nwayieze Ndukwe break down and delve into stories of people seeking (or not seeking) mental health help and the repercussions that come with either decision. Through current events and historical happenings, the hosts and their guests explore provocative questions about medicine, society, racism, and mental health. Every hold has a story. Every story has a history.

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4 - The War on Us (Part 2)

September 07, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 3

This episode is the second of two that focuses on the treatment and sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine use and the opioid epidemic. The war on drugs is a calculated racist political tool. Crack didn’t just appear in Black communities...it came from somewhere.

In part 2, more of Nwayieze and Dani's conversations with Jack Brown and Susan Burton. Susan and Jack talk about the repercussions they faced because of substance use, their recovery journeys, and the "gentler, more compassionate" approach to the opioid epidemic. This episode also features interviews with Dr. Ayana Jordan, an addiction psychiatrist, and Andrew Goudsward, a reporter for the Asbury Park Press, who has done extensive reporting on the opioid epidemic.