High Truths on Drugs and Addiction

Dec 16 2024 210 ep. 60 mins 142
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High Truths on Drugs and Addiction is a podcast hosted by Dr. Roneet Lev, an emergency and addiction physician who has served at the White House and practices on the front lines. Each Monday new episodes will feature experts that answer questions from you, our audience. We hope to bring your day a little bit more High Truths.

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208. Wisdom from a Drug Czar | Gil Kerlikowske

Dec 16 2024 53 mins  
The United States's Drug Czar is in charge the nation's drug policy. We can learn from the historical perspectives of our prior leaders. Gil Kerlikowske shared his insights. I served as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), having been nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in March, 2014. Having left office in January 2017, I will be

207. Fentanyl Inc. | Ben Westhoff

Dec 10 2024 57 mins  
Ben traveled to China to buy some fentanyl precursors. What he learned shapes health policy to this day. Now he is banned from China travel. Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative reporter whose books are taught around the country and have been translated around the world, including Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic, t

206. Learning from Rx Opioid Epidemic | Mary Bono

Dec 02 2024 47 mins  
Once upon a time, a long time ago, in 1990, people were dying of prescription opioids. Those were the 'good ol days" when 100 people a day were dying from drugs. Today we are at 300 a day. There is much to learn from history and my conversation with Mary Bono. The Honorable Mary Bono is a successful businesswoman and well-known political leader, Congresswoman Mary Bono was ha

205. Dopamine Nation | Dr. Anna Lembke

Nov 24 2024 57 mins  
Drug hijack your dopamine. Dopamine is a neurochemical we need to live. We need it like oxygen and water. Without it, people feel they are dying. Anna Lembke, MD is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than a hundred peer-reviewed pub

204. Product testing of cannabis and other Drugs | Josh Swider

Nov 20 2024 83 mins  
Dawn, a prevention specialist noticed brightly colored packing of mushroom products in a smoke shop near a school. She wanted to know what they were selling children. Dawn found Josh Swider who agreed to testing of several products. The results were shocking - the products included a range of chemicals from THC to bath salts. Consumer protections are important for food and all type

203. Investigative Reporting | Connor Sheets

Nov 18 2024 77 mins  
Connor Sheets' investigative stories have resulted in public health alerts, federal investigations, and international ramifications. His investigations included finding that Mexican pharmacies were selling counterfeit pain pills that contain fentanyl and smoke shops were selling chocolate magic mushrooms that contain THC or bath salts. Connor Sheets is an investigative and ent

202. Drugged Driving | Ari Briskman

Nov 11 2024 59 mins  
56% of drivers involved in serious injury and fatal crashes tested positive for a least one drug. I talked to Ari Briskman to get boots on the ground law enforcement perspective of drugged driving. Sergeant Ari Briskman has served as a law enforcement officer since 2007. Ari is presently assigned full-time as the Commander of the Marine Unit for the Lake County Sheriff’s Off

201. Drug Policy | Paul Larkin

Oct 27 2024 79 mins  
Drug and Alcohol Policy dates to Talmudic times. Ancient Rabbis established rules, or policy for their village. They told their people to avoid crossing to the neighboring village on the Sabbath because those neighbors had a reputation for excessing drinking. Today drug policy can be extremely liberal - allowing free drug trade with no consequences, or very harsh - the death pe

200. Nanotechnology for Fentanyl detection | Dr. Shalini Prasad

Oct 21 2024 61 mins  
Fentanyl is the public health crisis of our times with 300 deaths a day from drugs, 60% driven by fentanyl. It is a humanitarian crisis. Fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction. Quick fentanyl detection is important, and nanotechnology is playing a big role. Dr. Shalini Prasad’s research focuses on designing miniature cellular and molecular platforms, with the goal of creat

199. Drug Prevention in College | Rich Lucey and Erin Ficker

Oct 14 2024 79 mins  
College is a special time in a young person's life. It is a time of personal growth and learning. It is often the first time to live alone away from home. Freedom. Yet colleges pride themselves as being a top party school, like a badge of honor. Responsibility. While on spring break, 22 year old Riley Strain died because of such partying. His alcohol level was 0.228% and his THC le