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High Truths on Drugs and Addiction

Your host is Dr. Roneet Lev, an emergency and addiction doctor who has served as the first Chief Medical Officer of  the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, ONDCP and still practices on the front lines.

On High Truths, you will learn from experts, hear stories from the emergency department, and listen to people who have struggled from addiction.

On each episode, you will hear from experts from around the globe and around all aspects of addiction.

Hear from America’s Drug Czar, Secretary Ben Carson. Dr. Nora Volkow, Congressman Patrick Kennedy.

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High Truths is more than a podcast. It is a movement to unite medical health, mental health and addiction health. It brings innovations to connect public health, public safety and prevention.  We will have discussions that will inspire people to implement programs that save lives.

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202. Drugged Driving | Ari Briskman

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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 […]

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198. Marijuana legalization in Florida, the devil’s in the details | Dr. Jessica Spencer

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They devil is in the details, or lack of details when in comes to Amendment 3, Florida’s ballot initiative on legalizing marijuana. When California and other states legalized weed without including regulations and consumer protections, babies were poisoned, people were exposed to pesticides and contaminants, high potency products proliferated, emergency visits for cannabis poisoning skyrocketed, […]

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201. Drug Policy | Paul Larkin

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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, […]

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203. Investigative Reporting | Connor Sheets

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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 enterprise reporter for the Los […]

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198. Promo. Jessica Spencer | Marijuana Legalization in Florida

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Next Monday I will be having a weedy conversation with Jessica Spencer, a drug prevention specialist in Florida who share with us why marijuana legalization in Florida a big deal. Find out next week on your favorite podcast or YouTube platform where I bring you High Truths.

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