Episode #53 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction Season 1 FinaleEpisode #53 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction Season 1 Finale
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Welcome to the High Truths on Drugs and Addiction Season Finale. This High Truths finale is dedicated to you and to answering your questions. The CDC announced that our predicted 12-month overdose rate has exceeded 100,000 people. That’s like an airplane a day falling out of the sky. More people 18 to 45 year old died of fentanyl then died of COVID. And while fentanyl is the driver of deaths, I have not met a single patient that used fentanyl that did not start out priming their brain at a young age with marijuana. Not one. Listen to our esteemed experts as they share High Truths Highlights of 2021 and Hopes for 2022. Dr. Bertha Madras is a professor of psychobiology at Harvard Medical School and former Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, ONDCP. She has numerous scientific publications, courses, patents, and awards. I followed Dr. Madras’s service at ONDCP and she has been an invaluable mentor. Dr. Ken Finn practices pain medicine in Colorado, he is the editor of the first medical textbook on Cannabis in Medicine, is President of the American Board of Pain Medicine, and is my colleague as Vice President of IASIC, the International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis. Joe Eberstein is a certified prevention specialist and member of SAMHSA region 9 Prevention Technology Transfer Center. He is the program manager for the San Diego Marijuana Prevention Initiative and is my colleague at CCR, Center for Community Research.
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Tackling the Opioid Crisis and Marijuana Legalization: Expert Insights from High Truths Finale
“While fentanyl is the driver of deaths, I have not met a single patient that used fentanyl that did not start out priming their brain at a young age with marijuana.”
Picture this: an entire airplane's worth of people falling from the sky every day. That's the grim reality of overdose deaths in the past year, with fentanyl leading the charge. In the season finale of 'High Truths on Drugs and Addiction', Dr. Roneet Lev brings together top experts to dive into some of the most urgent issues in addiction and substance abuse today. Dr. Bertha Madras, a Harvard Medical School professor, and Dr.
Ken Finn, a pain medicine specialist, join Dr. Lev to discuss the staggering statistics and the role marijuana plays in priming young brains for future drug use. Dr. Lev points out that she hasn't met a single fentanyl user who didn't start with marijuana, sparking a heated debate on the implications of marijuana legalization. The conversation doesn't stop there.
The experts delve into the medicalization and legalization of hallucinogens, stressing the importance of treating medical marijuana with the same rigor as other medicines. They also highlight the need for hospitals to include fentanyl in toxicology tests and discuss the potential dangers of drug analogs. Prevention and treatment options come under scrutiny too, with a call to make these fields more appealing career choices.
Throughout the episode, audience questions bring real-world concerns to the forefront, making this discussion not just informative but also deeply personal. If you're looking to understand the complex landscape of addiction and how we can combat it, this episode is a must-listen.
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