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 #92 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Martha Waller and Tara Tucker on Paramedic us of Suboxone
Paramedics are doing more than naloxone for drugs overdoses. They are starting addiction treatment and Suboxone right on the streets. Listen to Martha Waller and Tara Tucker talk about their prehospital Suboxone project. This is a pilot project and there are still kinks to work out before this can be implemented on a wide scale. […]
Episode #134 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon on SAMHSA
SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is charged with public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of our nation. This includes drug prevention and treatment programs. Mental health and Addiction health very much overlap. Of the 20 million people who have a SUD about 50% also have mental illness. Of the […]
Episode #151 High Truths with Dr. David Deyhimy and MAT
MAT is Medication Assisted Treatment. Dr David Deyhimy talk about the FDA approved medications to treat opioid use disorder. David I. Deyhimy, MD, FASAM, is an addiction medicine specialist and anesthesiologist dedicated to helping those suffering from substance use disorder and preventing overdose deaths from opioids. He is the founder and medical director of MYMATCLINIC, […]
Episode #159 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Nora Volkow
Dr. Nora Volkow joins High Truths for the 4th time and 4th Season of High Truths to start the year with analysis of 2023 and hopes for 2024. Listen to see if she agree or not with Dr. Lev’s assessments. Nora D. Volkow, M.D., is Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at […]
Episode #164 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Meg Haney and Cannabis Addiction Treatment
Is there treatment and hope for people with cannabis use disorder? There is always hope, and there are more treatment options on the horizon. Dr. Meg Haney shares information on AEF0117, an inhibitor of the CB1 receptor. We discuss a young man who struggles with cannabis use disorder and mental health that his parents attribute […]
