Episode #186 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Amy Ronshausen and Drug Free America Foundation
Amy Ronshausen is the Executive Director of both Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. and Save Our Society From Drugs (S.O.S.), national nonprofit organizations that work prevent substance abuse, increase access to evidence-based treatment, and promote sustained recovery. Mrs. Ronshausen has dedicated most of her adult life to the work of drug demand reduction. In her […]
Episode #187 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Sara Carter and Investigative Journalism
Sara A. Carter and investigative journalism Sara A. Carter joined the Fox News Channel as a contributor in 2017. Prior to joining FNC, Carter worked for Circa News, Los Angeles News Group, The Washington Times and The Washington Examiner, and wrote numerous exclusives for U.S.A. Today, U.S. News & World Report, and Arutz Sheva in Israel. […]
Episode #188 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Matthew Maceria from Dope Dealer to Hope Dealer
Matthew Maceira is the Executive Director of Be Bold Street Ministries. He uses his experience as a Dope Dealer to being a Hope Dealer. Matthew survived many acts of brutality as a child and spent 27 years with active addiction, criminality, violence, and other drug world activities. He was wounded 14 times by knives and […]
Episode #189 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Ronald Flegel and SAMHSA Division of Workplace Program
The gold standard for workplace drug testing is established by SAMHSA’s Division for Workplace Programs, DWP. This affects 14 million employees. In addition, DWP manages the National Laboratory Certification Program and oversees the Drug Testing Advisory Board. Learn all about the DWP and the latest in drug testing from Ron Flegel, the Director of DWP. […]
Episode #190 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Gary Tsai on Addiction in LA
LA County California is home to 10 million residents and a public health trifecta problem of addiction, homeless and mental health issues. Dr. Gary Tsai is dedicated to creating solutions. Gary Tsai, M.D. is a physician executive who is the Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, a division of the Los Angeles County […]
Episode #191 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Paul Martin and United Against Fentanyl
United Against Fentanyl seeks to elevate the various organization working on the fentanyl crisis. Paul Martin For over two decades, Paul Martin has worked to ameliorate physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. His work has focused largely around child welfare and child rights. He’s holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in philosophical ethics, is a former […]
Episode #192 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Darren White on Compassion and Deterrence
What is compassion in drugs and addiction? Compassion that avoids consequences for committing a crime is not compassion, it is cruel. Very Cruel – to the victim and the perpetrator. The Homeless, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act, YES on Prop 36, will bring more compassion to Californians through deterrence and bringing back drug courts. […]
Episode #193 High Truth on Drugs and Addiction with Brooke Briggance and Trauma Informed Care
Trauma Informed Care means understanding Advertise Childhood Experiences, Burn Out, Toxic Stress, Moral Injury, Secondary Trauma, and even transgenerational trauma. This is all important not just for patients, but also for providers. Brooke Briggance comes from a multi-sector background in health, direct impact programming for children, youth and families, and non-profit work. She comes from […]
195. Ethics of Addiction Care | Nicholas King
What are the ethics in public health and addiction treatment? Is it for the better good of the public or the individual? Does the definition change when it comes to drugs? Nicholas B. King is an associate professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit and Department of Social Studies of Medicine, and associate member of Department […]
196. Going After Big Tobacco | Richard Daynard
There is a lot to learn from the history of Big Tobacco, and we can get that history from Professor Richard Daynard, the man who went after Big Tobacco. Professor Daynard is at the forefront of an international movement to establish the legal responsibility of the tobacco industry for tobacco-induced death, disease and disability. He […]
214. Dr. David Jennigan | What Alcohol can teach Cannabis policies
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 […]
213. Vaughan Rees and Connor Kubeisy | The Burden of Disease related to Drugs
Disease burden is the impact of a health problem as measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity or other indicators. When it comes to drugs, we are always talking about overdoses and deaths. The CDC predicted deaths in the US for the 12 months preceding March 2024, are over 103,000. That is horrible and unacceptable. Death […]
212. Nora Volkow | 2025 Perspectives from NIDA
Dr. Nora D. Volkow, M.D., is the longest residing Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health since 2003. She is the world’s go to person when it comes to the issue of drugs, and commonly known as the mother to the science demonstrating that drug addiction is a […]
209. Cannabis Psychosis in Youth | Dr. David Rettew
Cannabis Use Disorder and Cannabis Induced Psychosis is a common diagnosis of adolescent psychiatrist. Listen to Dr. David Rettew’s tips in diagnosis and how to speak to young people about marijuana. David Rettew, MD is a child & adolescent psychiatrist who currently works as the Medical Director of Lane County Behavioral Health in Eugene, Oregon. He […]
208. Wisdom from a Drug Czar | Gil Kerlikowske
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 […]
205. Dopamine Nation | Dr. Anna Lembke
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 […]
204. Product testing of cannabis and other Drugs | Josh Swider
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. […]
197. Cannabis Psychosis Risk Factor x 11 | Dr. Andre Mc Donald
In a study of 11,363 individuals with no psychotic disorder, cannabis use increased the risk of psychosis by 11 fold for ages 12 – 19. I spoke with master behind the research. André McDonald, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University’s Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research and Michael G. DeGroote Centre for […]
Lev award ACEP Innovation & Excellence in Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine Award – 2023
August 14, 2023 ACEP Innovation & Excellence in Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine Award 2023 To paraphrase Jerry Lee Lewis, Goodness, Gracious Dr. Roneet Lev is a great ball of fire! No hyperbole here. Dr. Lev, Past President of California ACEP and longtime Councilor, has been an outstanding and tireless advocate for addiction medicine for […]
NBC News Story on Fentanyl Testing
Fentanyl testing not required in most emergency room drug screening Video NBC New Story on Tyler’s Bill in Califoria and Bill in Maryland
How Weed Became the New OxyContin
How Weed Became the New OxyContin Leighton Woodhouse, Table Magazine, August 30, 2022
