{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TrueLife","title":"Andrew Swindells - The War on Drugs, Healing or Dealing?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6896,"description":"Andrew SwindellsToday's Guest is an eclectic expert in a diverse range of fields and has an amazing range of life experiences. He is here to share those experiences and what he has learnt from his quest to overcome extreme challenges in pursuit of his own self-actualisation During that journey he completed  three degrees and three books,  despite suffering from PTSD, dyslexia and ADHD. He taught English to Japanese children in Tokyo, was Executive Chairman of an Aviation Safety company and led an international project in War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in post-war Sierra Leone, West Africa involving 300 people.Prior to that he was a Drug Squad Detective in the Australian Federal Police where he was involved in shootouts, car chases and record seizures of drugs during the most corrupt period in Australian history. Our speaker later spent 15 years as a criminal defence barrister and was Counsel   Assisting   the   Crime   and   Misconduct   Commission  investigating organised crime and bikie gangs. He was also appointed to three different judicial roles. He later created, wrote and hosted a TV show called Law Legends Lately that had a total cumulative audience of 250,000 Most recently he spent a decade raising three daughters as a full-time stay-at-home Dad which he tells me was far harder than anything else he has ever done. So please welcome keynote speaker and author of ‘How to Deal Drugs and Get Away With It’ and ‘Dealing or Healing: Reality Checking Drug Wars, Drug Wonders and our Fantastic Future’ - Andrew Swindells http://linkedin.com/in/andrew-swindells-speaksdealingorhealing.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FV-M9IcfmmK0PpSjnssPkhI7AX9NSl6NdRLN8MmGBl8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzExODc0LzE2NzI1/NDI0ODQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}