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Spectator Out Loud: Paul Wood, Mary Wakefield and Melissa Kite

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This week: Paul Wood writes about meeting Syria’s underground drug lords (0:30) Mary Wakefield warns us of the perils of psychoactive drug therapy (10:30) and Melissa Kite defends her friend who has been excluded from AA (17:13).

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