Episode #4 – High Truths on Drugs and Addiction Secretary Dr. Ben Carson. The Trifecta of Addiction, Mental Health, and Homelessness.
Secretary Dr. Ben Carson joins High Truths and Dr. Roneet Lev to discuss the trifecta for addiction, mental illness, and homelessness. He answers questions from emergency physicians and psychologist.
Episode #60 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Heidi Swan and A Night In Jail, Homeless-Psychosis-and Schizophrenia
Psychosis. A Night In Jail is inspired by Heidi’s brother’s true life story of homelessness, drug addiction, and schizophrenia. He went to jail 18 times. Heidi talks with Dr. Lev about psychosis. Heidi Anderson-Swan is the co-author of A Night In Jail. Adapted as a novella, film and play, this gritty Young Adult fictional story […]
Episode #61 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Uttam Dhillon, former DEA Director
Do we still have a war on drugs? Listen to a conversation with Former DEA director, Uttam Dhillon. Uttam Dhillon is a principal of Michael Best Consulting LLC, a management consulting firm specializing in drug-related and law enforcement issues. He is also a member of the board of directors of Opioid Clinical Management, Inc. and a […]
Episode #62 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dawn Reinfeld and Protection from High Potency THC in Colorado
When Colorado voted to legalize marijuana, did they also mean to legalize high potency THC products that acts more like methamphetamine than marijuana? Listen to Dawn Reinfeld the woman behind Colorado cannabis reform legislation adding consumer protection from the new engineered products. Dawn Reinfeld Dawn Reinfeld is the co-founder and Executive Director of Blue Rising […]
Episode # 64 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Kevin Lee on Recovery
What is the difference between recovery and sobriety? Have many chances should people get for recovery – 2? 3? 27? Listen to Dr. Lev and Kevin Lee discuss recovery. Kevin D. Lee Most of Kevin Lee’s working life has been focused on behavioral health start-ups and those companies have been driven to achieve better outcomes […]
Episode #65 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Jean Hausheer on Cannabis and Glaucoma
Is you had Glaucoma, a disease that can make you blind, would you trust eye drops from a pharmacy or marijuana? Would you want to get medical advise from Dr. Google, Dr. Legislator or Dr. Jean Hausheer, a board certified ophthalmologist? Jean R. Hausheer, MD, FACS Dr. Hausheer practices comprehensive cataract and refractive eye […]
Episode #67 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. La Tisha Bader on Women and Weed
The cannabis industry is marketing to women with creams, lotions, shampoos, makeup and hair products. How do you know what is safe and what isn’t? What are the consumer protections? What about athletes? Does THC enhance or deter from athletic performance? Is it ergogenic or ergolytic? Listen to Dr. Lev’s conversation with Dr. Bader. Dr. […]
Episode #97 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. William Lynch on Vaping
Is vaping helping people quit smoking or creating new smokers? In a simulation model, scientists calculated 3000 years of life gained in smokers who quit through vaping. They also calculated 1,500,000 years of life lost in teens and young adults who started vaping who otherwise would have never smoked. 3000 years gained verses 1.5 million […]
Episode #105 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction Season 2 Finale
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction presents SEASON FINALE Live Stream of December 9, 2022. Featured experts reflex on 2022 and share High Truths hopes for 2023. Dr. Roneet Lev, podcast host, Emergency and Addiction Physician Dr. Bertha Madras, Drug Policy Expert, Harvard Medical School Dr. Libby Stuyt, Psychiatrist Colorado Dr. Jessica Ristau, Internal Medicine […]
Episode #108 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. David Baranger on Mental Health Burden with Prenatal Cannabis Use
A recent publication in JAMA Pediatrics shows that mental health burdens are associated with prenatal cannabis exposure that persists from childhood to early adolescence. These are results from the Longitudinal ABCD (Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development) study. David Baranger, PhD I am a Neuroscientist and Postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis. My primary interest is […]
Episode #110 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Rocky Heron and Youth Drug Prevention
How does a retired bald DEA agent reach children about making the right choices when it comes to drugs? Rockwell Herron Developed “I Choose My Future” a drug prevention presentation for kids. Since 2007 he delivered over 820 presentations in 15 countries to 165,000 kids ages 12 to 22. Rocky know about drugs from his […]
Episode #114 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Jason Doctor on Death Diary Research
Death Diaries is what I call the research I did with Dr. Jason Doctor. We reviewed data on every single person who died of an unintentional medical overdose and compared the drugs on autopsy to what was prescribed to the person. This list of medications were diaries that lead to death. The research changed my […]
How Weed Became the New OxyContin
How Weed Became the New OxyContin Leighton Woodhouse, Table Magazine, August 30, 2022
