Welcome to
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.

Celebrate the victory of X-ing the X-waiver. Take Action by Implementing automatic and universal Fentanyl Testing at your hospitals, and protecting the developing brain.

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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214. Dr. David Jennigan | What Alcohol can teach Cannabis policies

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Alcohol prohibition. Taxes. Quality standards. Potency regulation. What can healthcare policy learn from alcohol and tobacco and apply to today’s cannabis market? David Jernigan, PhD, is a Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health, and senior policy advisor for CityHealth, a project of the de Beaumont Foundation […]

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221. Dr. Marta DiForte | Cannabis and Schizophrenia – genetics or enviornment?

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The Impact of Schizophrenia Genetic Load and Heavy Cannabis Use on the Risk of Psychotic Disorder in the EU-GEI case control and UK Biobank studies.  This article published in Psychology Magazine Apri 2024 studied 114,698 European patients to determine if genetics was associated with cannabis associated psychotic disorder. Regular users of high potency THC (over 10%) […]

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220. Allison Wagner and Dr. Matthew Fedoruk | U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

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Dr. Matthew Fedoruk currently works as the Chief Science Officer leading the Science & Research team at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Dr. Fedoruk is considered an expert in the scientific aspects of anti-doping matters and has reviewed hundreds of results management cases while at USADA and provided credible scientific guidance and opinion to resolve […]

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223. Cindy Cipriani | US Attorney Office in San Diego

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Cindy Cipriani, Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, develops partnerships and programs to enhance crime prevention and community resilience. She serves on the Executive Leadership Committee and Co-Chairs the Prevention and Education Committee of San Diego’s Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Task Force, a multi-disciplinary coalition that works across sectors to […]

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219. Lora Peppard | ADAPT Prevention Program

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Dr. Lora Peppard is the Executive Director of the Center for Advancing Prevention Excellence at the University of Baltimore and the Director of ADAPT, a national training and technical assistance division for substance use prevention for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program out of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. She also serves as the Immediate […]

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