Podcasts about medication assisted treatment

MAT stands for Medication Assisted Treatment. But for many Cabarrus residents, it means so much more. MAT uses FDA-approved medications along with education, resource connection and primary care to help those battling addiction. The program, funded by Cabarrus County's portion of the national Opioid Settlement Fund, is a collaborative effort to help ensure all residents have a chance to thrive.   On this episode, we're exploring the inception of the program and providing an inside look at how MAT Community Paramedics are meeting people where they are and providing clients with a life-changing service. For more information on the MAT program or to get help, call 704-920-2600 and select option 6. HOST Dominique Clark, Communications Manager GUESTS  Nicole Wayne, EMS Community Paramedic Kara Clarke, EMS Deputy Chief and MAT Program Manager Dr. Aalece Pugh, Assistant County Manager PRODUCED BY Cabarrus County Communications and Outreach  

March 18, 2025 - Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates President Allegra Schorr discusses regulatory changes in New York to make medication assisted treatment more accessible and outlines the funding needs of her providers.

In this Bell Work Talk, Kory will talk about addiction and how it is a very stigmatized disease. In his last podcast, he defined addiction, neurobiology of addiction, discussed brain failure, and how the cravings of addiction change our body. He will now discuss the harm reduction strategies and treatment for substance use disorder. Addiction can happen to anyone, and we must really learn the science behind it, and reduce the stigma that this group faces. Many times patients with addictions will avoid medical care because of the stigma that they often receive. Kory Scheideman is an Emergency Department nurse manager that has been in the emergency world for over 18 years as a nurse, and prior to that an EMT/Fire Fighter for 5 years. For the last 6 years, Kory has helped develop an ALTO program, Medication Assisted Treatment program in 6 different Emergency Departments. He also is an active community member and sits on the Northern Colorado Harm Reduction Alliance, Northern Colorado Collaborative for Addiction and Recovery Supports, and the Colorado Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention Committee Chair. He was recently awarded a “Rethinking Addiction and Recovery Event” Award and the Colorado ENA Inspire award in 2023 for his work in the community and the Colorado ENA. Kory was also inducted in the Academy of Emergency Nurses earlier this month for the work with addiction medicine among Emergency Nurses Association and community. Kory is also engaged with the Naloxone Project as a Nurse Leader. Resources: https://changingmindslarimer.org/how-addiction-changes-the-brain/ https://cha.com/opioid-safety/ https://www.naloxoneproject.com/ Survey: We'd really like to learn more about what you think of the podcast, and what you'd like to hear in future episodes. https://forms.gle/dos4a11PEmCgth7Z8 (EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING)

On this episode of the SHE MD podcast, hosts Dr. Thais Aliabadi and Mary Alice Haney sit down with Dr. Stacy Cohen, M.D., a board-certified general and addiction psychiatrist based in Los Angeles. Dr. Cohen shares her insights on the stark differences in addiction between men and women, why alcohol poses unique dangers to women, and how cultural factors influence menopause. She also delves into the future of mental health, discussing cutting-edge treatments like EMDR, Ozempic, and pain reprocessing therapy while addressing the critical need for collaboration and advocacy in women's mental health care. Sponsors: Go to Qualia.com/SHEMD for up to 50% off and use code SHEMD at checkout for an additional 15% off. Tinker, Create and Innovate with awesome gifts from KiwiCo! Get up to 50% off your first crate at kiwico.com, promo code SHEMD. If you think that you or a loved one could be struggling with an eating disorder, Equip can help you achieve lasting recovery. Visit Equip.health/shemd to learn more. Get 15% off Boka toothpastes on Amazon or https://boka.com with code BOKASHEMD15Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/SHEMDIN THIS EPISODE:[2:41] What started Dr. Stacy's focus on addiction[9:19] Men differ from women in addiction. Medications for addiction[28:30] Alcohol is poison. Why people drink[34:50] Culture affects menopause[37:32] Dr. Stacy discusses the future of mental health [49:57] What is EMDR, and discussion about Ozmepic and chronic pain[01:05:05] Dr. Stacy discusses her practice and a sister clinic that is an insurance based in network practiceDR STACY'S TAKEAWAYS:Evaluate Alcohol Consumption: Reflect on your relationship with alcohol. If you find it becoming a constant in your life, consider exploring sobriety or reducing intake. Remember, alcohol can have significant health impacts, especially for women.Seek Specialized Help: If you're struggling with addiction, consult a doctor who specializes in addiction medicine. They can provide tailored advice and treatment options, including medication-assisted treatment.Explore Support Groups: Attend support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or other relevant groups. These are available worldwide and can be a valuable resource for connecting with others who share similar experiences.Consider Medication Options: If you're dealing with addiction, discuss with your healthcare provider the possibility of using medications like Naltrexone, which can help manage cravings and support recovery.Understand Hormonal Impacts: Recognize the role hormones play in mental health and addiction. If you're experiencing mood swings or other symptoms, especially around perimenopause or menopause, consult a healthcare provider to explore hormonal treatments.Address Underlying Conditions: If you suspect underlying conditions like endometriosis or PCOS, seek a specialist's opinion. These conditions can contribute to pain and addiction issues.RESOURCES: The Moment WebsiteThe Moment Instagram 7th Avenue Health and Wellness Website7th Avenue Health and Wellness InstagramEndometriosis AppGUEST BIOGRAPHY:Dr. Stacy Cohen, M.D., is a board-certified general and addiction psychiatrist based in Los Angeles. A former University of Chicago-trained surgeon, Dr. Cohen pivoted in residency to psychiatry due to her growing interest in mind/body medicine and physician wellness. She completed her addiction psychiatry fellowship at UCLA Medical Center. She also served as Chief of Women's Health in her residency program at Rush and specializes in maternal mental health. In addition to direct patient care, Dr. Cohen has served as the Medical Director of several treatment facilities, both in the large-scale community setting and upscale concierge settings, demonstrating her exceptional leadership and clinical expertise, as well as her versatility and priority of treating every human being.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Imagine standing at a crossroads, watching a family weighed down by addiction, conflict, and trauma. It's a place where you may find yourself in this moment—unsure of how to move forward, yet realizing that fighting through the pain no longer serves you. Maybe you're in a place where you've recently discovered that true healing doesn't come from avoiding conflict or silencing the hurt but from working through it together.  If you're looking to find inspiration for your journey and learn how our guest has overcome many hardships through addiction and how this strength and resilience have fueled her 40-year dedication to helping others find hope, healing, and recovery, this episode is for you! Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP, is an Executive Consultant for NAADAC, the Association of Addiction Professionals, with over 40 years of experience in addiction services. She has held leadership roles, including Executive Director of the Danya Institute and the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center. Moreno Tuohy has directed programs addressing homelessness, poverty, substance use, and co-occurring disorders, as well as overseeing publicly funded centers that provide services from prenatal care to the elderly for more than two decades.  As an international and domestic trainer for over 25 years, Moreno Tuohy specializes in Conflict Resolution, Anger Management, Clinical Supervision, and Medication-Assisted Treatment. She is the author of Rein in Your Brain from Impulsivity to Thoughtful Living in Recovery. Cynthia has also developed numerous training programs and manuals on addiction treatment, leadership development, and community mobilization.  She holds a Bachelor's degree in social work and administration and is nationally certified in addiction counseling, and has focused on a variety of subjects, including (but not limited to) intensive outpatient and continuing care, gang intervention/ suppression/treatment, school intervention, workforce development plans, and the co-occurrence of poverty and substance use, as well as co-occurring disorders. Topics Discussed: Overcoming family challenges and healing in Recovery Difference between fighting through conflict vs working through conflict Effective prevention & intervention programs that focus on human connection Why children thrive with trusting adult relationships who can guide them Understanding trauma and how it affects children, adolescents, and adults How to support counselors and global collaboration in addiction research Connect with Cynthia Moreno Tuohy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiamorenotuohy/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Rein-Your-Brain-Impulsivity-Thoughtful/dp/1616494670  Connect with us on Social:   IG: https://www.instagram.com/positiverecoverymd/  FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/positiverecoverymd/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@positiverecoverycenter  YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4JcDF1gjlYch4V4iBbCgZg Additional Links: Want to receive the daily Positive Intervention from Dr. Powers' Positive Recovery Daily Guide? Subscribe here! https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/OtK48nO/dailypositiverecovery.   Need an extra daily pick-me-up? Download your FREE 30+ inspirational wallpapers! https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/GUp7F11/InspirationalWallpaper    About Positive Recovery Centers:   Positive Recovery Centers is a strengths-based addiction treatment program with locations across Texas. We offer a full continuum of care, from medical detox to sober living, all supported by an ever-growing alumni community network.    Our evidence-based curriculum blends the best of the old with the new, supporting our mission: Recovery is best pursued when meaningful, intentional, positive habits are formed through empowerment and resilience instead of negativity and shame.   If you or someone you know needs addiction treatment, please visit the website or call the number below to schedule an assessment. We are here to help!   Call: 877-476-2743 Address: 902 West Alabama Street, Houston, Texas 77006 Website: https://positiverecovery.com  Services: https://positiverecovery.com/services/  FAQ: https://positiverecovery.com/faq/ 

In this Bell Work Talk, Kory will talk about addiction and how it is a very stigmatized disease. Before we can start to treat patients with addictions, we must first learn how it works and why our patients act the way they do. In this podcast, I will define addiction, the neurobiology of addiction, discuss a new concept of brain failure and also discuss cravings that addiction causes. Kory Scheideman is an Emergency Department nurse that has been in the emergency world for over 18 years as a nurse, and prior to that an EMT/Fire Fighter for 5 years. For the last 6 years, Kory has helped develop an ALTO program, Medication Assisted Treatment program in 6 different Emergency Departments. He also is an active community member and sits on the Northern Colorado Harm Reduction Alliance, Northern Colorado Collaborative for Addiction and Recovery Supports, and the Colorado Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention Committee Chair. He was recently awarded a “Rethinking Addiction and Recovery Event” Award and the Colorado ENA Inspire award in 2023 for his work in the community and the Colorado ENA. Kory was also inducted in the Academy of Emergency Nurses earlier this month for the work with addiction medicine among Emergency Nurses Association and community. Kory is also engaged with the Naloxone Project as a Nurse Leader. Resources: How Addiction Changes the Brain - Changing Minds https://changingmindslarimer.org/how-addiction-changes-the-brain/ Opioid Safety - Colorado Hospital Association (cha.com) https://cha.com/opioid-safety/ The Naloxone Project https://www.naloxoneproject.com/

What if the terms we use to describe alcohol addiction could change the way we approach treatment?  This episode features Jonathan Hunt Glassman, healthcare entrepreneur and CEO of Oar Health, who shares his transformative journey from struggling with alcohol addiction to pioneering innovative approaches in alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment. Jonathan breaks down why the term "alcohol use disorder" is crucial for fostering a more inclusive and precise understanding, and recounts his personal struggle, emphasising the pivotal role of medication in his recovery journey.We dive deep into the debate between moderation and abstinence, exploring the importance of individualised approaches to alcohol consumption. You'll hear personal stories from both Jonathan and the host about the challenges and triumphs of navigating early-stage sobriety and the critical role that setting clear goals plays. From the benefits of a Dry January to the complexities of sticking to moderation in social settings, this discussion offers valuable insights into finding what works best for you.Finally, we unpack the diverse options for AUD treatment, emphasising the "toolkit" approach tailored to individual needs. Mutual peer support groups, professional behavioural healthcare, and prescription medications like Naltrexone are all explored as complementary methods. Jonathan stresses that it's never too late to seek change and that multiple paths exist to help you or your loved ones build a better tomorrow.Tune in to discover how a combination of strategies can lead to a successful recovery journey!˚

In this episode, Provident's Craig Sager and Dan O'Brien sit down with Chris Bove, CEO of Clean Slate Centers. Together they examine the world of Medication Assisted Treatment (“MAT”), exploring the challenges MAT aims to address, the related operational and payor dynamics, and key components in driving outcomes for those struggling with addiction.

Medication-Assisted Treatment may be intimidating, but it can also be life-saving for clients who are facing withdrawal from opioid or alcohol dependency. Today we're joined by Catherine Perri, Clinical Director of the Ripple Ranch. Catherine provides us with a crash course in understanding what MAT is, addressing the stigma associated with dual diagnoses, and the goal of utilizing MAT in conjunction with evidence-based psychotherapies to treat “the whole person.”Calls-to-action:Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's website for a wealth of resources and unbiased recommendations: https://www.samhsa.gov/Learn more about the services available at The Ripple Ranch. https://rippleranch.com/Check out CDP's free resources on motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement skills: https://deploymentpsych.org/Clinical-Skills-ResourcesResearch and connect with MAT providers in your area. Collaboration is critical in this subfield.Subscribe to the Practical for Your Practice PodcastSubscribe to The Center for Deployment Psychology Monthly Email

This time on Code WACK! What are some of the most common misconceptions about people who are addicted to substances like opioids? What medicines are revolutionizing the way people are being treated today – and how accessible are they?  To find out, we spoke to Arlene Stanich-Prince, executive director of Ohlhoff Recovery Programs in San Francisco, one of the longest standing treatment programs in the area. This is the first of two episodes with Stanich-Prince. Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for more!  

In this episode, we delve into the concept of moderation and medication-assisted treatment as alternative paths toward overcoming alcohol misuse. Join us as we discuss the potential benefits and considerations of these methods, providing insights into navigating the journey towards a healthier relationship with alcohol. guest: Jonathan Hunt-Glassman, CEO of Oar Health https://www.oarhealth.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/normalizetheconversation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/normalizetheconversation/support

We're back! Today, we're joined by two fantastic guests from Tapestry 360 Health to talk about their community garden program. Providers Nana Tsuladze and Rhianna Cheek started working with patients on their Medication Assisted Treatment group last Spring, and it was a huge success. We also discuss inspirational stories about how the garden helps patients in recovery start healthier diets and maintain recovery.Resources Mentioned:https://tap360health.org/medical-specialties/behavioral-health/

Pathways to healing: Exploring Medication-Assisted Treatment in Addiction Recovery (Episode 131) In this episode, we dig into the world of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for addiction recovery. Join us as we explore MAT, including the types of medications used, the pros and cons, how they act in the brain, and their role in facilitating recovery. By combining pharmacological interventions with counseling, behavioral therapies, and addressing underlying mental health challenges, MAT can help individuals on their journey towards long-term recovery. Tune in to discover how MAT enhances treatment outcomes, reduces relapse rates, and provides a comprehensive solution for those navigating addiction recovery.      

PAIN: Parents & Addicts in Need's Founder Flindt Andersen and Jason LaChance sat down with Michelle Curiel of @thesobrietyplaybook. Michelle was in active alcoholism and drug addiction for 2.5 decades. Around the age of 37 she overdosed on what she thought was heroin, but it was actually fentanyl and she flatlined. Michelle had just sold the keys to her apartment to a drug dealer and prior to overdosing at her parents house she was living on a trap house floor. She continued to relapse and was on deaths doorstep due to health issues that were compounded by her addiction. With the help of the 12 step program and her higher power, she was able to get me sober and remain sober since August 8 of 2019. Michelle has devoted her life to being of service to the sobriety community by creating sobriety and spiritual awakening content on YouTube , Instagram and TikTok. She teaches from the big book of alcoholics anonymous, the 12 steps and 12 traditions, the daily reflections, as Bill See's it, Blessed and unstoppable, Buddhism and more. Michelle states that she has found that a large percentage of people in recovery are very spiritually gifted, but they don't know how to harness their power. She is here to teach them how to do so. Michelle, Flindt and Jason discuss the following topics and more. How can we support others in their sobriety when they can't see how far they've come? 02:20 How can we help people understand the importance of working their sobriety? 07:30 What is Michelle's approach to making amends? 13:15 Why is written journaling so important in recovery? 34:17 In our views, what is the difference between a slip-up and relapse? 053:09 For more on Michelle Curiel: ⁠https://poplme.co/hash/jU7Mp7bB/1/s For more on Parents & Addicts In Need: If you or a loved ones need our services, to follow on social media, the Don't Hide The Scars Podcast, to get involved, or to donate ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/painnonprofit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Flindt Andersen, to have him speak at your organization visit⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.flindtandersen.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#sober #harmreduction #addiction --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donthidethescars/message

Dr. Joshua Lee, MD is a highly accomplished clinician and researcher specializing in medication-assisted treatment of alcohol and opioid use disorders. Josh is passionate about making evidence-based treatment accessible to those seeking to drink less or achieve sobriety. His extensive experience includes conducting clinical trials on naltrexone and buprenorphine in primary care, criminal justice, and community settings. He also treats patients struggling with addiction as a primary care physician. Josh is a Professor of Population Health and Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, directs the ACGME-accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and leads research initiatives focused on justice and community outcomes. He is also Chief Clinical Advisor at Oar Health, a telemedicine platform that makes medication-assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder convenient and private.HealthCare UnTold thanks Dr. Joshua Lee for sharing his career journey with us and his commitment to helping those with substance use disorders to seek health care and effective medication.#oarhealth.com#drjosualee#NYUgrossmanschoolofmedicine#aa#treatmentworks#healthcareuntold@gmail.com

Recover from your substance addiction with the custom medication-assisted treatment (MAT) offered by Avisa Recovery (732-863-2595) in Toms River, NJ. MATs are great ways to begin your sobriety journey. Learn more at https://avisarecovery.com/ Avisa Recovery City: Toms River Address: 25 West Water Street Website https://www.avisarecovery.com Phone +1 732 724 0528 Email info@avisarecovery.com

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About This Broadcast: MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, HARM REDUCTION & THE TWELVE STEPPERS. Much controversy has been stirring in the recovery community over these three methods of recovery. Is there any evidence that they work? Are we enabling addicts or are we saving lives. Join interventionist Matt Brown and the Monty'man for this informative and important topic. Closing Song: Outside Issues by Michael Purington.

On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, Michael Sanderson and Sarah Sample welcome back Director Brandon Foster from the Charles County Detention Center for a follow-up discussion on policy issues affecting local corrections – a central public service Maryland counties deliver for their communities.The scope of local corrections – generally far shorter duration of stay, and many of the incarcerated are still awaiting their trial – deeply informs the local perspective on service and operational mandates contemplated by statewide policymakers. How do local correctional leaders "find common ground" with well-intentioned legislators when the details are… sometimes complicated?Listen for a quick run-through of recent legislation and how local leaders are already working to keep their facilities fair and safe for all.The Conduit Street Podcast is available on major platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Episodes are also available on MACo's Conduit Street blog.Useful Links:Part 1 of this discussion:Conduit Street Podcast — The Detention Dilemma: What We Ask of Local Jails2023 Legislative Wrap-up: Public Safety and CorrectionsLegal coverage of Kincaid v. Williams caseBackground on 2019 Medication Assisted Treatment legislation

Our guest today is Dr. Ashlie Martin, the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine and Withdrawal Management/MAT at CommQuest.To start the episode, Dr. Martin shares how her personal journey brought her into the field of addiction recovery, and ultimately, to CommQuest.We then discuss CommQuest's Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program. When used in combination with counseling services, MAT has proven highly effective in assisting individuals in their recovery from specific types of addiction.Dr. Martin explains the basic strategy of MAT and why it is so effective in many cases of addiction treatment. She also addresses the stigma and many of the misconceptions about MAT and stresses this treatment is “medically assisted” and is not a substitute for a comprehensive approach to addiction treatment and the causes of addiction.You can find out more about our MAT program and CommQuest at CommQuest.org

On social media there tends to be a lot of infighting between those recovering different ways.  Some say 12 step is awful.  Others say harm reduction and/or MAT is the wrong way to do it.  In this episode we discuss why, when we all want the same thing, are we spending so much time arguing with one another.  Listen in and let us know what you think.  If you want to support the podcast, tell someone about our sponsor:Intervention on Call is on online platform that allows families and support systems to get immediate coaching and direction from a professional interventionist to do their own intervention.  For families who either don't need or can't afford a professional led intervention, it's a great alternative.If you want to know more about Terra Holbrook's trauma workshops please visit:Terra VistaIf you want to know more about the hosts' private practices please visit:Matt Brown: Freedom InterventionsSam Davis: Broad Highway RecoveryIf you have a question that we can answer on the show, please email us at questions@partywreckers.comSupport the show

In the wake of rising numbers of opioid overdoses in our community, Gaston Emergency Medical Services is rolling out a new Medication Assisted Treatment program, aimed at helping those in the grip of addiction break free. GEMS Capt. Brandon Miller and Community Paramedic Justin Greer talk about how this program and some local partnerships could become a game-changer in this fight. 

On today's episode of The Confluence: Allegheny County Jail has surpassed a year of implementing Sublocade injections into its medication-assisted treatment programs. We speak with Dr. Ashley Brinkman, the jail's health services administrator, about ongoing efforts to reduce opioid overdose related deaths at the facility, and health care staffing following news of the jail medical director's reassignment. (0:00 - 7:58) Pittsburgh-based chef Nik Forsberg has been nominated as a semi-finalist for Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic Region by the James Beard Foundation for his work at Fet-Fisk, which hosts pop-up dinners at other locations. We talk with Forsberg about this recognition and plans to open his own brick-and-mortar location. (8:02 - 13:19) Father James R. Cox was a Catholic priest from Pittsburgh who became a nationally known champion of the poor and jobless during the Great Depression. The musical “Shantytown” celebrates his life, and is making its local debut this week with the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company. (13:23 - 18:30)

Taran Goodballet is here to talk about Medication Assisted Treatment or MAT. Taran has a PharmD or Doctorate of Pharmacy. She is a licensed pharmacist and part of Camelback Integrated Health and Wellness. She is a neuropharmacology expert with extensive training in treating psychiatric disorders and patient-tailored pharmaceutical approaches. She's passionate about helping people with mental health and continued recovery. She has intricate knowledge of polypharmacy and drug interactions and can prescribe medications and adjust dosages.  In this interview, she shares her background and why she is passionate about mental health and recovery. We also dive into Medical Assisted Treatment and talk about what it is and how it can be used to help overcome addiction and become a bridge to wellness. We talk specifically about the three main MAT therapies consisting of buprenorphine or suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone. We discuss the importance of continued recovery and finding the underlying issues that started the addiction. We also talk about other modalities and how healing is a continuing process.   [01:56] Starting in 1999, all pharmacists have to have a PharmD or Doctorate of Pharmacy. After that, they can get licensed as a pharmacist.  [03:09] Taran knew she was going to go into the medical field. She loved the chemistry aspect of being a pharmacist.  [04:18] She's been working in mental health care for four years. She's done pharmacology in every medical category. Taran has a lot of experience with Medication Assisted Treatment or MAT.  [06:33] Because of her childhood, doing mental health work as a pharmacist was extremely appealing to Taran. She grew up around substance abuse. [08:01] She wanted to assist people in finding help.  [09:13] She's always doing continuing education and looking for new certificates. [11:06] Anyone with a diagnosis of a substance abuse disorder, could be a candidate for medication assisted treatment. It may depend on what substance they use and the available treatments. [13:09] The three main MAT therapies are buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone.  [14:00] Naltrexone can be used for opioids, alcohol and even gambling. It binds to opioid receptors and blocks cravings.  [15:39] There should be a plan to come off of it, but it can be used long-term. [16:28] Buprenorphine or suboxone is used to help with detox and withdrawal cravings. A good candidate would be someone who uses opioids and is having cravings after withdrawing. [20:17] Taran talks about using suboxone and then starting naltrexone. They also have other comfort meds that can help with the transition. They have new modalities to help come off of the suboxone.  [22:49] There's an underlying reason why substance abuse starts. MAT is to help survive, not heal the underlying reason. They need to get in a state of mind to work on cognitive modalities to heal the underlying problems.   [26:28] Diet, nutrition, and sleep also needs to be addressed. Our nervous systems need to be protected. The brain can constantly change. Medication can help get to a point to do the work and address the underlying problems.  [29:36] Taran talks about ESKetamine and patient benefits of building new neural pathways combined with therapy. [33:50] Methadone is used at Methadone clinics. It can be a helpful harm reduction tool. Taran prefers the other modalities and their benefits. [35:50] Her vision is to help people deal with substance abuse and recovery. She knows there is beauty on the other side.  [37:10] Camelback Integrated Health and Wellness has the goal of continuing support for people who go through recovery. We offer all of the needed support to stay in recovery.  [37:54] Anyone who needs extra support with recovery or mental health is a good candidate for Camelback.  [39:27] The goal is to help people after they go through a program with continued support. [40:55] Taran shares her morning routine.  [43:40] Let us know what resonated with you!  Links mentioned in this episode: Camelback Recovery I Love Being Sober YouTube Taran Goodballet, PharmD LinkedIn

INTRODUCTION: Emily Dufton“An oracle ofknowledge on all things marijuana” - BostonHeraldI'm a drug historian and writer based near Washington,D.C. I received my BA from New York University and earned my Ph.D. in AmericanStudies from George Washington University. My first book, Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana inAmerica, traced over 50 years of cannabis activism and wasnamed one of “The8 Best Weed Books to Read Right Now” by RollingStone and one of “The Top 5Cannabis Books to Have In Your Personal Library” by 10buds.com.Since its publication,I've become a commentator on America's changing cannabisscene. I've appeared on CNN,the History Channel andNPR's BackStory with the American History Guys, and my writing has been featured on TIME, CNN,SmithsonianMagazine, and the WashingtonPost. I'm currentlyworking on my second book, Addiction,Inc.: Medication-Assisted Treatment and the War on Drugs (under contractwith the University of Chicago Press). It's the history of the development andcommercialization of the opioid addiction medication industry. In 2021 I won a LukasWork-in-Progress Award to help finance its writing. In 2022 I won a Robert B. SilversGrant. I'm deeply grateful for all the support.I'm also a podcasthost on the NewBooks Network, where I interview authors on new books about drugs,addiction and recovery. I live in the People's Republic of TakomaPark, Maryland, with my husband Dickson Mercerand our two children.  INCLUDED IN THIS EPISODE (But not limited to):  ·      A Look At The History Of Marijuana ·      Emily's Halloween Candy Advice·      De'Vannon's Experience With Hallucinogenics·      Great Grassroots Advice For Marijuana/Drug Activists ·      President Joe Biden's Major Moves For Marijuana·      The Inappropriate Relationship Between - Church + Media + Government·      Political Influences And Implications On Drugs·      The Balance Between Parents Rights And Kids Rights·      How Grassroots Organizations Impact Federal Policy·      Why We Shouldn't Assume Decriminalization Is Here To Stay  CONNECT WITH EMILY: Website: https://www.emilydufton.com/Grass Roots: https://www.emilydufton.com/grass-rootsLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3ganBPgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.duftonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_emily_dufton/Twitter: https://twitter.com/emily_duftonMedium: https://medium.com/@ebdufton   CONNECT WITH DE'VANNON: Website: https://www.SexDrugsAndJesus.comWebsite: https://www.DownUnderApparel.comYouTube: https://bit.ly/3daTqCMFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SexDrugsAndJesus/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexdrugsandjesuspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabooTopixLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devannonPinterest: https://www.pinterest.es/SexDrugsAndJesus/_saved/Email: DeVannon@SexDrugsAndJesus.com  DE'VANNON'S RECOMMENDATIONS: ·      Pray Away Documentary (NETFLIX)o  https://www.netflix.com/title/81040370o  TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_CqGVfxEs ·      OverviewBible (Jeffrey Kranz)o  https://overviewbible.como  https://www.youtube.com/c/OverviewBible ·      Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (Documentary)o  https://press.discoveryplus.com/lifestyle/discovery-announces-key-participants-featured-in-upcoming-expose-of-the-hillsong-church-controversy-hillsong-a-megachurch-exposed/ ·      Leaving Hillsong Podcast With Tanya Levino  https://leavinghillsong.podbean.com  ·      Upwork: https://www.upwork.com·      FreeUp: https://freeup.net VETERAN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ·      Disabled American Veterans (DAV): https://www.dav.org·      American Legion: https://www.legion.org ·      What The World Needs Now (Dionne Warwick): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHAs9cdTqg INTERESTED IN PODCASTING OR BEING A GUEST?: ·      PodMatch is awesome! 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So let's dive right into this episode.De'Vannon: Emily Dufton is an author, podcast host, and a drug historian who has blessed the world with a phenomenal book, which is entitled Grass Roots. The rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America. This book offers phenomenal advice for marijuana slash drug activists and encourages us to not arrest on our laurels, assuming that drug decriminalization is here to stay.Now, I fell in love with Ms. Emily when I discovered her while [00:01:00] listening to the, the. To The ReidOut podcast hosted by the great Joy-Ann Reid over on msnbc, and it was a surreal delight to sit down and talk with Emily about what's going on with drugs right now, as well as what was going on with drugs back then.Also, would like everyone to please check out our YouTube channel because for this very special episode, Emily and I have dawned our Halloween costumes. She's a hot dog, and I'm Fred Flintstone, and you have got to check them out. Have a super safe Halloween everyone.Hello and happy Halloween everyone, and welcome to this very special edition of The Sex Drugs in Jesus podcast. I wish you all a very, very spooky weekend. I have with me the great. Multi talented, multifaceted, delicious, and nutritious. Emily din, How are you, girl? Emily: Oh my God, I'm feeling delicious and nutritious.Thank [00:02:00] you. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you for having me. I'm De'Vannon: so fucking lely. Like you look delicious and nutritious. So you're dressed as a hot dog. I am. So I'm curious and you told me, Previously that you're a hot dog every year, and so I've been wondering, so some years, are you like a vegan hot dog another year?You're like a Polish sausage. You switch up the bond, like how exactly does it go? Emily: Oh, the hot dog is in the eye of the beholder. I, that's how it is. I think, you know, I live in Tacoma Park, Maryland. It's known as the Berkeley of the East. I think many people see me as a tofu dog, as a beyond beyond.Hot dog. Others as DC adjacent, you know, were like, I could be a half smoke. I could be, I'm just I just wear this because it's a costume I found on the side of the street in Capitol Hill in DC where I was living at the time, and I thought, [00:03:00] This is amazing. Someone is just giving away a hot dog costume.I'm going to give it a home and I'm going to be a hot dog every year from now until it literally falls apart. And so that's why I'm a hot dog every year. De'Vannon: looks brand new. I love it. Emily: Thank you. It gets washed from time to time. De'Vannon: from time. Good time. Look, I love me a good wier girl. So , Emily: I could be, I could be the wier of your dreams.Who knows? Let's see. We can put the, the top up for a minute. See you. De'Vannon: It's great. That is one. Okay. All right. There y'all. So . So Emily is an author and a drug historian. She holds a PhD in American Studies from George Washington University. She is the author of a fabulous book called Grassroots, the Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America.Has to do with how, how, how, how, [00:04:00] how earnest hippies, frightened parents suffering patients and other ordinary Americans went to war over the marijuana. It was a little mm-hmm. description I had of that. Before we go much further, I wanna take a moment to give a shout out to Ms. Joy and re over at the readout on msnbc, because that is how I discovered.Oh wow. . I saw you on her podcast and then I heard what you had to say about your grassroots book, and then I fell in love with you and when I built up the courage and got, got, got more bodies of works under my belt, I sent you a message, you know, hoping and praying that you would respond and you did.And so, Emily: Paul touch my heart. I'm so happy to be here. And honestly, like I The idea that, that, oh, you would be at all nervous to talk to me, makes me just like ache a little bit on the inside. I'm so happy to talk to you and this is such an honor for me to [00:05:00] be here. We are. You wrote a book, We Are equals, We know, We know what it is to go into the, the pain cave of writing and, and try to create something intelligible and lengthy about complicated subjects.You know, so writer to writer, you and I are, we are. Eye to eye. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you. De'Vannon: The sausage and so, So I'm like a glittery version of Fred Flinstone because, As far as I'm concerned, we all know what Fred Freestone and Barney Rubble were really doing over in Bed Rock, Honey and Emily: Rock. I mean, come on.Yeah, it was right inDe'Vannon: Barney Rubs a total bottom. I know. It . So, So in your own words, I've given like my take on, is there anything you'd like to say about yourself, your own personal history or anything? Emily: Gosh. [00:06:00] Like, like about writing grassroots or about like what? Like about me as a human being. De'Vannon: Anything about you at all.Your favorite color, Favorite place you've traveled. We're gonna get into grassroots right after you. Tell us whatever you'd like to say. Just about yourself. Oh my at all since I've already given a little history, so you don't have to Oh, Emily: lovely. I'm a Piy, Sun Sagittarius, Rising Pisces Moon. I have two children a boy who's six and a little girl who's almost three.I'm working on my second book right now, which is about the history of medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, and I won a couple grants to fund the work, and it's been super awesome. And hopefully I'm gonna go to Switzerland either at the end of this year or the beginning of next year to compare addiction treatment programs over there with America's treatments.So those are, I think by far the most pertinent facts about me that everyone should, [00:07:00] should know. .De'Vannon: I think those are pretty damn good and relevant facts. the, the, the resurgence of healing with the drugs. Look, I just got back from Portland, Oregon dealing shrooms. And sell. So that is a cell aside, but, and what the fuck else I did?Mdm a I had never been shrooms before in my life and since I'm a veteran who suffers from ptsd, O C D and you know, all of these things and I saw on Netflix and the How to Change Your Mind documentary on PBS history of Mil illness. Documentary, how they've been using these hallucinogenics to help veterans.And I thought, Okay, I'm not gonna wait for this to be approved. I'm gonna fly my happy ass up here and do these shrooms. Man, it took seven grams for me to like fill anything. And apparently that's like a lot. And wow. I don't know, apparently besides the Emily: social work. Oh, that context. Yeah. So you did like an official, like, like clinical trial?It De'Vannon: wasn't a trial I paid for this. I [00:08:00] found a social worker who was willing to to do it in a psychiatric setting. Uhhuh, he feel like his woods are like an hour north of Portland into his cabin in the woods. So that, cuz he was like insistent that the environment be like, Right. And so it was like a guided assistant thing.It was, it was clinical, but I paid for it. I wasn't, I didn't wait for a trial Emily: to come. Totally, totally understood. That's awesome. How was it? Was it a good experience?De'Vannon: It follows me, so in a good way. So like if I smoke weed, it does not have an effect on me. I've tried different strands, different states, different times.I used to sell the hell out of it back in my drug dealing days, but I never fool with it too much. I used to sell shrooms. I never did 'em either. But I have discovered that if I do like a CBD gummy, I will be sitting around looking like EE from South Park. I feel that. But, so the, the C B D [00:09:00] does the same thing that the MDM A and the shrooms did.It quiet hit my mind. So I was expecting to have one of those like, really jerky experiences like I saw in the documentary, but that did not happen for me at all because my mind is always like this with the OCD and the PTSD and everything. Mm-hmm. . So for me, what those, what those hallucinogenics did was it just neutralized.And so I was just like, still just silent, quiet. And so I have found things that I used to, that I used to have anxiety over. I don't anymore. And so basically that peace, it, it attached itself to me in those, in that state of mind. Emily: I love that. So, so quieted your minds downed. How long did the quietness.De'Vannon: It's ongoing. So I was, while the drugs had their effect on me, okay, on this room, you know, the trees started to like move and the prints, you know, the pattern in the carpet started [00:10:00] dancing and doing his own thing and whatnot. So that was kind of freaky. But once that all settled down, , you know, you know, So it's not like it was, I, I have found, this has been like maybe three weeks ago that I was in Portland.It hasn't changed. You know, I still feel peace. It's like, and I experienced the same thing when I started experiment, the CBD gummies, which has only been like maybe two or three months ago. Mm-hmm. That I discovered that these gummies will have an impact on me. That's interesting. It's like, it's, it's a permanent thing with me.Emily: Wow. And have you had any kind of I don't know, like sessions or counseling or anything to kind of talk about like, But you know, sort of digesting the effects of it or like, maybe I don't even, I don't even know what the word is, but have, have you communicated at all with the guy who led the session since he, De'Vannon: He was, he is open to that and he wanted to schedule a follow up, but [00:11:00] I, and I can reach out to him if I want to, Emily, but I, I was ready, you know, like writing my blog and my books in the show and I see a, a social worker every week anyway.I see a licensed family marriage, the. A couple of times a month for me and my boyfriend, and then I see a hypno therapist once a month. And so I'm always professing and manifesting the change that I want. I went into it already. I didn't really embody to do too much handholding, and I'm all like, I'm ready to let this shit go.Like we talk about it, but it's already done . Emily: That's great. And this is the thing that allowed you to do that. Like you're just like, I just need that final push to get it out. Right. I love that there's a guy. Oh yeah. Sorry. Keep going. De'Vannon: You go, You're the guest girl. Oh, Emily: no. I'm just saying there's someone so I live right outside of DC in Tacoma Park, Maryland, and which I think I've said already but.There's this doctor who just moved here and [00:12:00] started a practice where he's doing exactly that. He's using Ketamine though. And so he's doing these like lead ketamine therapy sessions. And then afterwards he offers sessions to, I'm trying to remember like the verb he used. It wasn't like aggregate, but it was like to sort of like digest the experience.So you have this experience with ketamine that will hopefully release in the patient, the same kind of things that released in your experience. And then he would kind of provide the counseling or the, the therapy sessions to help sort of bring, make, make manifest the effects. And I thought, Oh my God, like, here it is.It's, it's, it's here. You know, like sort of this pro, this ability to access these drugs in a therapeutic. You know, private, like obviously like , you know, industrial way, but it's here. And God, that is like 10 years ago. I think experiences like yours are like the one that this doctor is offering would've been like [00:13:00] unimaginable.And yet now they're here and they're moving into all these communities. You know, it's not just Portland, Oregon, it's like here in, right outside of DC it's everywhere. And that to me is a totally fascinating aspect of like drug policy in the United States. It's wild. Totally. De'Vannon: I'm so happy to have it here too.But as you warn in your book grassroots that we're about to get into you know, these things tend to come and. At times. Yeah. Because this wasn't the first time that we were on the border of finding therapeutic uses for drugs before the drug war on drugs. Shut it down. Right. And so we're happy to have it back.And towards the end of the interview, I was most intrigued with the, the six lessons that you have for grassroots advocate for people at the end. And so I really gotta let you give that advice because I really feel like people need to hear that because people. Are feeling really grass rooty these days.It'll be . Emily: That's true. ,De'Vannon: it would be great for them to to to hear, hear [00:14:00] your advice so that they can be helped. Emily: I had to go get my copy. I haven't looked at that in a while. That's right. I forgot. I had like six little lessons in the back. Yeah. The one I remember, the Yes. Make your argument as sympathetic as possible was lesson one.Mm-hmm. . Because the more you center like a really sympathetic identity in the middle of your campaign, the more likely people are to. Feel bad for you and generate empathic warmth and support, right? Which is why you always see like puppies, like with their ribs exposed cuz they're starving in the rain, chained to a box and you're like, Please take my money to save the puppy.Lesson two. It's all about the money, which is exactly what we were talking about. Money buys influence. Lesson three, Be prepared to watch your progress disappear. Lesson four, don't rely too heavily on the White House. Lesson five, Respect your opposition and lesson six, keep a sense of perspective.Wow. I forgot I wrote these. That's so interesting. Yeah, [00:15:00] like, you know what's, Sorry, De'Vannon: keep going. No saying. So. We'll talk about those towards the end, cuz I thought those would be cute. Okay. So you can just kind of like, you know, peruse over that while we're going through. And and then of course people go by the books.So if you're a grassroots person and you wanna figure out. How to escape some pitfalls and things like that. I think this is a really good book and if you wanna have insight cause we're all also passionate about this, you know, this resurgence and everything. But I think that your book, you know, is like so evergreen, you know, in the, in the sense that, you know, it's an ongoing battle in this country because as you say, it's the rise, the fall, the rise, you know, it goes back and forth.There's no reason for us to be so arrogant as to assume that it can't fall again, because as you lay out in the book, every time we have. Arise for decriminalization. There's an opposing force that wants to fight that. Right. And so, and it was no different then. It's the same way now. So you wanted to give a warning though, for Halloween candy.I [00:16:00] wanted to be sure that we have time for that, because that was something you specifically requested. And so tell us your, this is, this is Emily's warning about this Halloween came to y'all. Oh Emily: my God. It's less of warning and just more of like a. I, I just every year, Well, this year in particular, I feel like there have been a lot of news stories about the rainbow colored fentanyl that apparently is going to show up in children's Halloween staes nationwide.And I love it because like, it just goes to show how. Drugs. The concept of drugs, right? When we talk about drugs, we're never just talking about drugs, right? We're always talking about larger issues and larger questions and larger ideas. And I feel like this, like the new fear of 2022, Halloween, 2022 of Fentanyl being dispersed widely in like Halloween candy is just, it's a really convenient vehicle for like political mud slinging, right?And. [00:17:00] You know, so the right can mud sling at the left by saying, Oh, it's the liberal's open border policies that is allowing Mexican cartels to funnel this rainbow colored fentanyl across the borders. And now it's gonna, now my kid's gonna eat it thinking it's a sweet tart and die. So that's how, like the right is mudslinging the left and then the left mud slings the right in return by saying, right.You're so stupid. No drug dealer is going to give away drugs for free. That is not how drug dealing works. . So there's just this and like, you know, so whenever we're talking about drugs, we're always talking about so much more than just drugs. Like there, like the concept of drugs is weighted with all of these other topics that we like, press upon it.And it becomes something that's like, kind of like a football, right? It's just always being thrown back and forth, you know? People are always going to use the concept of drugs or the concept of punishment or the concept of treatment as a political vehicle to achieve [00:18:00] other ends, right? Whether those are financial or moral or law enforcement, whatever.But I just feel like the Halloween candy saga that we go through every year is like kind of a good sort of visual entry point on to this topic that like, Drugs are always much more than just drugs, right? There are ways for us to discuss as Americans and as human beings, concepts that are obviously like much more complicated and oftentimes more complex than just like fentanyl or pot or whatever else itself.So I guess that's like my opening concept for conversation . De'Vannon: Yes, as a former drug dealer, I can attest to what Mr. Mrs. Dustin is saying is true. We don't to run around giving away drugs for free honey, especially not to little children who don't have money to come back and buy any once they get addicted.That's . Emily: It's, it is a profoundly bad marketing plan. No one [00:19:00] benefits from it. No one benefits . De'Vannon: But you know, just like, you know, as you state in your book You know, the fear mongering, you know, the fear mongering is like a big deal coming from the left. And so, I mean, coming from the right and so Emily: and sometimes the De'Vannon: left , it can, it can, mm-hmm.it pains me to say, but it's just so true. You know, Emily: sometimes we have to be honest about our own, you know, . De'Vannon: You know what? I don't, I don't, I don't want, I don't want a political party. I just wanna be like me. I just wanna be like me. I know. Whatever makes free to be you and me. What do you think about what Biden did though with the rolling back the the, the, the legal, the, the cases against people with the marijuana charges?Emily: I mean, it was really interesting, right? It was kind of came out in nowhere, right? He hadn't talked [00:20:00] much about. Marijuana policy at all on the campaign trail or during these first two years? I remember Kamala Harris during the Vice presidential debate was the very first presidential or vice presidential candidate to ever say during a debate, like, Yes, I support decriminalization.And she said that. So Kamala mentioned it, but like Biden never did. So he comes out and he makes this announcement and. Like it's immediate effect is going to be relatively small because the only marijuana convictions he's allowed to overturn are ones that he can control and he can only control federal convictions for possession.And that's not the, like that many it's about 6,500 nationally and it's, I don't know the number. No one would gave it. No one would give it. But it's also convictions for possession in DC because DC is federal. So that actually, that number might be more considerable than 6,500, but like I have not seen [00:21:00] a news outlet give it yet.But anyway, like that's pretty small compared to the millions of people who have been arrested. It's kind of a drop in the bucket. But what he also said was he was going to talk to eight, the Department of Health and HHS Health and Human. Services. He's going to talk to the FDA and he is going to talk to the DEA for the three federal agencies in charge of drug policy and talk about, and he wanted to talk about descheduling cannabis.So right now, pot is a schedule one drug and it's been a Schedule one drug since 1970. And, Being schedule one, that means that the federal government considers it to have no medical utility and a high risk for abuse, which is of course very silly. Since 1996, it became medical marijuana. So of course it has some medical utilities.Schedule one placement has been kind of nuts for at least since 1996. [00:22:00] He wants to talk about descheduling it, taking it outta the schedules completely. And if you deschedule a. That means it can become a legitimate legal marketplace item like cigarettes or alcohol. It could become a commercial product, and that is a really big decision.It's already kind of becoming a commercial product, but those industries are like very cottage still. Like there is a huge medical marijuana industry and there is a growing recreational cannabis industry, but there's still like, In the span of things, right, Like along the spectrum of, of products, it's still fairly small.So to deschedule it completely and turn it into a commercial product that would transform the cannabis industry in the United States and ultimately worldwide. So it's a huge decision. It's a huge, it's this, this the beginning of a huge conversation. So like right [00:23:00] after he made that announcement it was right before last weekend.People were like, I didn't really know what to make of it, honestly. But the more I've read, like things on Twitter from people I respect and some articles, the more I realize he's launching like a pretty huge conversation. And now would be the time for activists who are interested in creating, as, you know, equitable and kind.Fundamentally good natured and industry as possible, like now would be the time for them to really get involved because, you know, conversations about, about descheduling are happening and those are, those are important. And you know, the time to influence the marketplaces now cuz it's starting to take shape, which is crazy.I mean, it's like the same thing we were talking about before where like now you can go someplace and have like ketamine treatment, like these things are available. So it's time to figure out what, like we actually want the industry to look. De'Vannon: [00:24:00] Hell yeah. Something to tap into that energy and push it forward.I feel you on that. So, so, so in your book, you, you take us from like prohibition back in the first part of the last century, you know, all the way up to the day and I thought it was very artfully done. So I wanted to read a little excerpt about about the way. Marijuana was viewed back then from way back in 1917 from, from your book, if I may.And so those said, the 1917 report from the Treasury Department noted that in Texas only Mexicans and sometimes Negroes and lower class whites smoked the marijuana for pleasure and warned that that drug crazed minorities could harm or assault upper class white women. I felt like this, you know, that sort of thinking still informs policy today and I felt like when movies like The Terrible [00:25:00]Truth and Reefer Madness, which you mentioned, the book came out, I felt like that was like media's way of locking arms with the government and echoing what they're saying.And you don't really get into too religion deeply. But I feel like the church also. Touched and agreed. Yes. Emily: So, so the church was responsible for paying for the production of the movie Reef for Madness. I don't which church it, it was, I don't remember, but it was funded by Evangelical Christians. There you go.There's your connection. Mm-hmm. . De'Vannon: And see, I don't know, like, I, I hate the fact that the church. I would've rather the church stand up and say, You know what? It's not for the government to enforce morality because God is not forced. He's always gave the children of Israel a choice. He never came down here and mandated things in the way that we're trying to mandate them.So why don't we back off and leave this whole morality [00:26:00] thing to the church instead? The church was like, Well, we like to control people. The government likes to control people, so why don't we see if we can control them all together? Hmm. So I Emily: collaborate. Oh my God, it's so true. And it's been so powerful, like for so long, for so long.But it's true, like can you legislate morality? I mean, like, that's just this eternal question and you know, you really, you really can't, you can't punish someone until they're good. It just doesn't work that way. You. De'Vannon: No, nobody responds to that. You know, our children don't. And I love that your kids are like, pretty much the same age as my two kids, which happen to be like Maine Coon mixed cats.You know, My oldest boys about is about to be six in March, and then my girl is threeOh, Emily: we have babies the same age. That's so funny. That's crazy. Wild. But it's true, like you can't make them be good through [00:27:00] fear or punishment like ever. Ever and . And then it just always makes things worse. It always makes things worse. And that's why like, I mean, that's why it's so hard oftentimes to have like rational discussions about things like drugs or religion because like people just get too emotionally involved and you kind of think like, you're gonna, you're gonna believe my way or I'm going to hurt you.Like I'm going to defend this to the point of violence. And it's just like, that's why I , some people get mad at me. Grassroots because they felt like I didn't take a firm enough stand, you know, either way. And some people also like seem to have a really hard, a hard, they seem to have some difficulty with differentiating between smoking pot and writing about pot as like a historical phenomenon.So like a lot of people just like make these really dumb jokes, like yeah, I bet you're using a lot. Grass when you're writing grassroots or whatever. And I was like, No. I was writing like a [00:28:00] deeply researched, like historical book based off of my PhD dissertation. Like, no, I wasn't high the whole time. Like, that's ridiculous.But people were upset with me because I wasn't taking firm enough stand. Like I wasn't coming out like very strongly as an activist for legalization or, or alternatively against it. I didn't make my, my political position clear enough. And I don't know if. Like in the same way you're saying like, Well who should legislate morality?You know, in the same way, I don't feel like history books necessarily have to be legislating morality, right? Like I don't feel like I needed to tell people what to believe. I just wanted to tell them what happened and how we got here. So that as things move forward and as we continue to watch this really like unique historical period evolve, we'll be more prepared to understand.The potential downsides that might occur or the potential benefits that might occur, and like try to maybe guide the process [00:29:00] more toward the benefits, like rather than the downsides. So it's, you know, I do feel like there's a real need to understand drugs in like a non-emotional, non hot take, non, like just understanding them as like a historical artifact where.Certain things have happened from 1917 to today to create the world we live in, and we should probably understand how we got here. And so I wrote a book about it, , and now we're talking about it. All right, , De'Vannon: just bring it full circle. I love it. And you're right, your book is very energetically neutral. It is very energetically like neutral.Yeah, I did pick up on that. And you know, most of you know historians, they just tell what happened and so I, you know, I was interviewing somebody else and I was, and he had gotten some reviews that kind of roughed his feathers and I was telling him, You know what, I'll tell you the same thing. Like Amazon and all these different book places don't.Perform mental health test [00:30:00] on people who go in there and leave reviews . So there's no tell on what you're gonna get, so Emily: please gimme the most recent report from your therapist before you post on this review. . Oh my God. The best review I got was someone was really mad that I was mean to Nancy Reagan, and they were like, it's not like she committed tax fraud.Nancy Reagan's not that bad. And I was like, Is that your bar? Like tax fraud? Or? So that was everyone else's reviews on Amazon are almost all from my friends, so those are all nice that Perfect. They're all the friends. I ask like, Please leave an Amazon review for my book. Thank you. De'Vannon: Hey, nothing like that inner circle chosen family, baby.Oh baby. That person commented on the tax fraud, though, probably commits tax fraud and they were projecting that. Oh my Emily: god. 100%. De'Vannon: Yeah. . So I wanted to talk about Atlanta 1976 because. [00:31:00] I felt like Miss, Miss Marsha Sard, and I have to admit when I read that name immediately, Andrew DeMar Shinard from Rent from the MusicalOh my God. It came to my mind and I had to go look it up. I was like, Is there a relation here today, tomorrow for me? What's going on ? So, but there is no relation. So it's, it's Emily: inside a gay boy. No, I can't unsee it. I can't unsee it. De'Vannon: and Atlanta especially. Cause my boyfriend is from Atlanta, you know, from that area.And so Hills, well todo neighborhood. Marsha is you know, she's walks into like her teens having this party and everyone's. you know, paring it up. Her and her husband go out fine, like the weed butts and everything like that. And, and then she goes run snitch to all the other parents because of course there was other teenage there.And we all know [00:32:00] snitches get stitches, y'all. And so what I documented was the parents' reactions usually that the parents' reactions ran the gamut from shock, confusion, indignation, concern, denial, and hostility. Now in the book, you, you know, this woman is like, Slated to be a Democrat. Mm-hmm. . And so that really, really shocked me.And and her, her emotions. I don't feel like those emotions have changed over the years. I feel like that's the same way people react to Dave. Would you agree? Emily: Yeah, I think, I think you're onto something there. Yeah. Like it, it was her, her politics are really interesting. So Keith, she goes by Keith, which again is kind of.You have to get, wrap your head around this woman, this like mom of three who goes by Keith. And then it's hard cuz I'm also writing about Keith Strop, the founder of Normal, the National Organization for the reform of marijuana laws, which are like, you know, going gangbusters at this time. [00:33:00]So there's a lot of Keith's, you know, so keep the Keiths straight in your mind.But so Keith Shart is this mom She has a PhD in British literature. She's not teaching, but her husband is at Emory, and so she's like home with these kids. So like I see her as being really smart. probably pretty bored, right? Being home with kids, like when you have a PhD and you're clearly like a life of the mind kind of person.Being home with little kids can be like really boring and you can have like maybe a lot of leftover energy. And so she throws this like backyard birthday party for her 13 year old daughter. And like the kids are acting weird and she's kind of freaking out and she sees like they're up in their bedroom, like looking out in the backyard, her and her husband and they see the lighters flicker in the bushes, but they assume it's cigarettes.But the kids are like really acting funny. And so once everybody leaves, they go into the backyard and they're searching around and they [00:34:00] find. Roaches. And they also find like, like alcohol containers, right? So the kids aren't just smoke smoking pot, they're, they're drinking too. , The scandal, the scandal 13, I mean 13 is young.Like for, like, I was not, I was not playing those games at 13, but I understand that my experience is not the experience of everyone. And, and now I'm like, as a mom, I'm kind of like, Oh, if I caught Henry doing that, like I'd be probably be pretty pissed. But but anyway, so she. She goes into like hardcore activist mode, like right away, you know, she was like, Boom.And she is buoyed by the concepts of. Second wave feminism that are like really prominent at the time where you do consciousness raising groups and you get together with people who are sharing your same experience and you talk about it, right? Because the personal is political and you try to figure out a way to change society for the better.Like that is very much like the kind of social [00:35:00] milu that shoe hard is coming from in, in 76 in Atlanta. Because remember, like Atlanta's pretty liberal at this time. Like Jimmy Carter is governor and he is running for president. You know, like it's the bicentennial. Everybody's like super patriotic, right?It's an interesting time. So she gets together with all the other parents and she's like, Our kids are smoking pot. This seems to be an issue like this. This. This is, this is something we should probably pay attention to. And she kind of blames it on the fact that for the past three years, more and more states had steadily been decriminalizing marijuana possession.So it started in Oregon in 73, but by 76, I think there were probably like,Probably like six, five or six states by that point that had decriminalized, right? Georgia wasn't one of them, but others did. And so there's this burgeoning drug paraphernalia industry, like basically just like today, this was happening in the mid, the early [00:36:00] 1970s where like. A semi-legal cannabis marketplace was taking shape in America.And when a marketplace builds and expands, more people tend to utilize it. So more people were using pot, more people were smoking pot, and then it was trickling down and it was getting to kids. So like Keith Shoe hard's, daughter 13 found some pot and was smoking it at her birthday party. And like that made shard really upset.So even though she was a Democrat and she was a liberal, She was really opposed to what the liberal agenda had pushed, which was decriminalization. So she starts basically a nationwide grassroots army of parents to overturn decriminalization laws and kind of stop the burgeoning paraphernalia industry.And it just so happens that in 1984 years later, when Ronald Reagan gets elected, he takes their concept. Nationalizes [00:37:00] it further and then turns it into federal policy. So it was the parent movement that gave us basically the entire concept of just say no. So yeah, the 1980s were birthed in the 1970s in Atlanta, Georgia in 1976.De'Vannon: Right. And right. Thank you for breaking that down so beautifully. And I, and I felt like from, from the way that you wrote, you really, really wanted people to know the importance that small community groups like this actually, the impact that they have on federal policy, not as, so that we don't undervalue this or underestimate.Totally. Emily: And so it's amazing. Well, when you tap into a zeitgeist like that, like, like what, what Shoe hard and other people in Atlanta tapped into was something that And ended up people were feeling nationwide. And that's the exact same thing that was happening with medical marijuana laws. And it's the exact same thing that's happening with legalization laws now.I mean, people are tapping into like it's a zeitgeist straight now. You know? Like more like I think Maryland, where I live is, I think we're [00:38:00] voting to legalize this. I think we're voting to legalize next month. Like it's movement, baby. It's movement. De'Vannon: May the force be with you? May Emily: the force be, I think it'll pass pretty easily.I think it'll pass pretty easily. Now it's just a matter of what the market will look like, what we'll actually do with it in the. Which is crazy. It's a De'Vannon: step. The thing that stood out to me about Mrs. Manas, was she, she, she kept saying like, it was like, for the children, you, the children, half of the children, you know, I'm getting like flashbacks to one division, you know, for Disney when they're, you know, her and vision, you know, Wanda Envision, you know, wanting to max him off.Yeah. Marvel, you know, I'm like, geeking out right now. But , they kept saying that thing for the children and there weren't any fucking children. Because she had, she had put 'em all to sleep, but she, I, I was like, Okay, I wonder if she asked the children what they want or was she just using them to enforce her agenda every time?I see like a [00:39:00] politician, especially like, I mean, you know, especially like the Republican and stuff like that, wanting to enact negative policies on behalf of veterans. For instance, me being a military veteran, I always, I'm like, I don't want you to do that. Like everything you're doing, I don't want you to do.You didn't ask me . So, but they're like, Our veterans wouldn't want my choice. Yeah. no. And so, I don't know. That stood out to me like right, like the children, but they don't. I don't know what to call that. What do you call that when people do that? Are they, are they calling themselves doing it in the name of righteousness?Are they getting, Now you're a parent now, so you have this feeling. Would you go and do something this adverse on behalf of your children without consulting their opinion FirstAnd I don't understand Emily: that they prefer that. Right. They would love to, they'd love to gimme their opinions. Right. But you know, I. I think you're to a really important question, right? Which is like, [00:40:00] where do the rights of children end and the rights of adults begin, right? So like when, when Keith, Shar, and every and everybody else in the parent movement is saying, Oh my God.We have to repeal decriminalization laws because of the children. Like do it for the children. The children are being harmed by these drugs. But then that transforms from like, we have to have these laws for the children to, We have to excessively punish. Adults for drug possession or dealing or whatever else excessively punish them.Like especially after the 1986 Drug Abuse Act, right? When you're getting mandatory minimums of 5, 10, 15 years when we're locking up millions of people for drug possession. Like where does the rights of children end And like the range of adults in and the pushback to that. But what about the children line of thought did finally start to come in the nineties, right?[00:41:00] When marijuana legalization efforts dovetailed with the gay rights movement in what I think is just one of the most fascinating, like historical co ever, right? So in California, in San Francisco, as AIDS is starting to. Decimate the gay population. You have a couple of activists, including Dennis Perran and Brownie Mary Rath Fund, whose real name is Mary Jane, which is crazy.They're using marijuana to like give to these aids patients who, like doctors don't wanna touch, nobody wants to get near them. No one knows what to do. No one knows how to treat hiv. It's brand new. Right? And Brownie Mary and Dennis Perran are. Have a, have a pot and infuse brownie, like you're gonna get your appetite back, Your nausea is gonna chill out.You're gonna feel pretty good. You're gonna have some energy. You can like go to the [00:42:00] bank. You can do like an errand right before you die. A horribly of aids like my God. Right? So they're saying, where did the rights of children end? Yes. We kept children so safe from pot that like by the early eighties, like no one is smoking pot anymore and we're locking.Tens of thousands of people, right? Like every month, right? Okay, great. We've done it. We won the drug war. But now it turns out this substance does have some medical utility for a patient group that is increasingly becoming like really sympathetic. You know, like cuz you have, I mean Arthur Ash contracts, hiv God, that little boy got it through like a blood transfusion or something.So you start to like have like really sympathetic feelings towards, Oh, Princess Diana visits the HIV clinic in the San Francisco General Hospital. Right? Like suddenly it becomes really sympathetic and laws start to change, right? Suddenly adults rights, especially like adults dying of AIDS and cancer, like their rights become much more important than protecting children from pot.And then, [00:43:00] Can kind of move like fast forward into the two thousands. 2010, the legalization movement joins with the social justice movement. So in 2010, Michelle Alexander publishes her book The New Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness, which is canonical at this point. Canonical, I tell you, and like it is all.The effects of locking up nonviolent offenders, the vast majority of which are black men. Like, well, what have we done in America By locking up millions of people, more people, more black people are incarcerated in the United States than in South Africa at the height of apartheid. Like what effects does that have culturally, socially, economically?It has effects. And she lays them out and we're all like, Oh my God. Now we know. And laws started to change right after that, right? In 2012, you have the first states legalized Colorado and Washington by combining legalization [00:44:00] with calls for social justice, right? If cannabis is the source of massive amounts of black incarceration, legalized cannabis, right?That's one way to like act on social justice, and it was also legalized through. Outright calls for generating tax revenue, right? Like here is something that we can legalize and tax the be Jesus out of. And not only are we like doing good on social justice initiatives, but we're also gonna make a boatload of money.Like it's a total win-win at the moment. And that's basically, again, arguments for the rights of adults, right? Should we, should we incarcerate X number of million of people, millions of people for cannabis possession? So again, like. Argument for its children's rights, which was like so immensely powerful in the 1970s and eighties has now I would say, really been pushed to the back burner by almost three decades of really concerted and very powerful and very influential activism for adults rights to access cannabis, [00:45:00] for medical, and then social justice and economic initiatives.De'Vannon: And that's the tea. Y'all, Y'all have it? Emily . Emily: There's, there's 50 years of cannabis history guys. Woo. . De'Vannon: And, you know, I work with you know, so many people right now, and I, and I, I love how you, I feel like your book is almost like a, a user's manual for people who wanna get into this fight. You know, you're giving historical context, you're giving advice and everything.And so You know, I'm thinking about, you know, a friend of mine if her name is iFit Harvey, she runs the people of Color Collective. People of color, Psychedelic Collective, which is based out of New York City. And you know, and I, and I work with them, you know, I just did an interview, you know, for, I gave them an interview the other day and we were talking about like you know, marijuana, you know, the way it's, you know, criminalized here in Louisiana where I live versus where one of their.[00:46:00]Satellite locations is in Oregon, in Portland. And so, you know, things like this are very helpful you know, for young people cuz these people are really, really like young who have started this, you know, psychedelic collective and everything like that. And so I think, yeah. Right. I think books like this are so like, useful.So we're nearing the end of our hour and so I just wanted to mention. You mentioned normal earlier. I wanna tell people that stands for the I think you said, at the National Organization for the Reform rather than repe of marijuana laws. And then we'll go right into talking about like your your lessons and things like that.And, and we may just pick like one or two that that's important to you. But and so another little, a final ex sweep from the book. I'm channeling my inner Bugs Bunny, so an ex. From the book, it says normal, you know, or ML argue that marijuana smokers or consumers not deviance and deserve the same rights to protection and [00:47:00] safety as any other group.Including access to the drug without pollutants or contaminants. A competitive marketplace free from monopolies and conglomerates, and especially freedom from harassment by the poll lease. Mm-hmm. . Mm-hmm. . Mm-hmm. felt like a, a Southern Sunday. GodEmily: I love it. I want you to record the audio book. That's great. I love it. . De'Vannon: Oh, I'll do it. I love getting on this microphone right here and do it. I did my own audio book. Oh, that's awesome. And so I wanted to bring that up because like you had normal fighting for it. You had Miss, Miss Minnaar fighting against it back then.Like you say in the book, we have the same thing now because I don't want people to wrestling their laurels and get so comfortable thinking that it's a home run. It's a clean slate. You know? We must stay vigilant. Emily: Mm. Yes, totally. I think that's, I mean, it, it does [00:48:00] feel like to me, I feel like. Pot becomes the scariest drug around when there's no other boogie in.So in like the 1970s, early 1970s when the first decriminalization laws were being passed, we're also kind of going through a heroin epidemic, right? And right now we've been going through the opioid epidemic for like, whoa, 30 years or so, . But it's kind of coming to its natural. At the same time that the legal cannabis marketplace is really starting to heat up and when opioids become like, when there's no like, like meth was a boogieman for a while.Crack was a boogieman for a while, but opioids have been a bo the boogieman for like 30 years. And if that starts to tamp down, if we start to feel less scared about that and there's like sort of like a void in like the drug boogieman cuz you know, we always need a drug boogieman. We're America, we need a drug boogieman and.Pot. Well sometimes I think come back and fill that [00:49:00] role. Like there, there could be widespread rejection of the legal marketplace. I mean, in certain places, right? Like in Massachusetts that legalized. However long ago, some communities don't want it, and they are allowed to say within that state's jurisdiction.We do not want any cannabis marketplaces within our community borders. So there's gonna be some nimbyism and there's going to be some nimbyism like, yes, in my backyard to it. But again, it's, you don't know what's like, we don't know what's going to happen. This is a brand new marketplace that could bust its boots like.I mean, it's been around for a decade now, which is amazing. But things are gonna get big fast and if people don't like it, it could very well turn, turn back around. I mean, that's not impossible. It's not, it's improbable, but not impossible. Mm-hmm. . De'Vannon: So what I'll do in the interest of time, I'll just read the title of each of the six letter , then people can go and buy the book to get the advice that you have in there.Do it. I think that and after I [00:50:00] read the titles, and I'll let you have our last word. . Which is a, which is another a page I borrowed from the book of Joy read because she she always gives her guests, you know, like the last word and everything like that. And so I thought you a good idea. I'm very inspired by that woman, and so, oh, I love it.So, lesson one, make your argument as sympathetic as possible. The lesson two, it's all about the money. lesson three. Be prepared to watch your progress disappear. That's the most shocking one for me and in my inten, in my opinion, the most sobering, less than four. Don't rely too heavily on the White House, and she means over multiple administrations.And then less than five, respect your opposition, less than six. Keep a sense of perspective, which is also a statement of humility. So her website is emily din.com, Social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, India, [00:51:00] Instagram, medium. Oh podcast. You can listen to Emily conduct interviews, new books.Networks has a Drugs Addiction and Recovery podcast. This book is grass Roots. And then she already mentioned the other one she has coming out. So with that, I'm gonna shut my cock up. And any last , anything that you would like to say and just take it away, darling. Emily: Oh, My gratitude is to you for, for having me, but also for bringing your message and your love, and your light and your spirit to the people.I am grateful to you and for all the work you do. So thank you very much. De'Vannon: All right. Thanks everybody for tuning in. Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween. Emily: Don't eat Fentanyl Candy .De'Vannon: Thank you all so much for taking time to listen to the Sex Drugs in Jesus podcast. It really means everything to me. Look, if you love the show, you [00:52:00] can find more information and resources at Sex Drugs and jesus.com or wherever you listen to your podcast. Feel free to reach out to me directly at DeVannon@SexDrugsAndJesus.com and on Twitter and Facebook as well.My name is De'Vannon, and it's been wonderful being your host today. And just remember that everything is gonna be right. 

How many of you know someone who is or was addicted to drugs? Do you realize how easy it is for our children to have access to drugs on the streets?  It's a topic that needs to be addressed! Awareness, Awareness, Awareness enough said!  We all need to talk about it because its happening everyday!  I sat down and spoke with Sam, Nina and Randi who all work at Crossroads Treatment Center.  We discuss real stories about real people!  Crossroads has been providing outpatient Medication -Assisted Treatment for over 17 years to people suffering from dependence to heroin, pain medication, or other opiates.   Warning this topic may not be suited for younger audiences. www.crossroadstreatmentcenters.com

Jordan Goldberg, a recovery support specialist, talks harm reduction and medicated-assisted treatment.

Joanna Bernstein is a writer originally from Pittsburgh who now resides in Oregon. In 2014 Joanna had a painful bacterial infection that started her on opiates. She eventually developed an addiction and wrote about her experience with recovery in a “3/4 house” in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood. Later she would nearly relapse after being denied pain … 89. Journalist Joanna Bernstein on Kratom as Harm Reduction and M.A.T. Read More » The post 89. Journalist Joanna Bernstein on Kratom as Harm Reduction and M.A.T. first appeared on Kratom Science.

In the second episode of our opioid use disorder series, we'll explore medications and treatment options for the disease. Our patient TJ joins and continues to offer her perspective. Share your reactions and questions with us at  Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode!=== Outline ===Introduction (0:00)Chapter 5 - Risk Assessment and Harm Reduction  (3:43)Chapter 6 - Medication Assisted Treatment (11:31)Chapter 7 - Counseling on Treatment Options (15:47)Chapter 8 - How PCPs can start treating OUD (28:16)Conclusion (33:04)=== Learning Points ===The RIP-TEAR mnemonic can assist in taking a good history of a patient with an opioid use disorder.There are three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder: methadone, buprenorphine (i.e. Suboxone), and naltrexone. Physicians who would like to prescribe for up to 30 patients do not require additional training to receiving an X-waiver, thus removing one barrier to treating opioid use disorder within the primary care setting.=== Our Expert(s) ===Dr. Carolyn Chan is an academic hospitalist at Yale New-Haven Hospital with interests in medical humanities, quality improvement, and addiction medicine. You can reach her on twitter @CarolynAChan. Dr. Lisa Sanders, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine (general medicine) and author of the popular Diagnosis column for the New York Times Magazine offers her media expertise to the PCP team as a production consultant for the podcast.=== References ===[FDA] Information about Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/information-drug-class/information-about-medication-assisted-treatment-mat[SAMHSA] Become a Buprenorphine Waivered Practitioner: https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/become-buprenorphine-waivered-practitioner=== Recommended Reading ===Buresh M, Stern R, Rastegar D. Treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care. BMJ. 2021 May 19;373:n784. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n784. PMID: 34011512.Alexander GC, Stoller KB, Haffajee RL, Saloner B. An Epidemic in the Midst of a Pandemic: Opioid Use Disorder and COVID-19. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Jul 7;173(1):57-58. doi: 10.7326/M20-1141. Epub 2020 Apr 2. PMID: 32240283; PMCID: PMC7138407.Hoffman KA, Ponce Terashima J, McCarty D. Opioid use disorder and treatment: challenges and opportunities. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Nov 25;19(1):884. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4751-4. PMID: 31767011; PMCID: PMC6876068.=== About Us ===The Primary Care Pearls (PCP) Podcast is created in collaboration with faculty, residents, and students from the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. The project aims to create accessible and informative podcasts for furthering the medical education of residents and clinicians in early stages of their careers that include contributions from patients themselves, who have the autonomy to share their own experiences of how their primary care physician directly impacted the quality of their care.Hosts: Nate Wood, Maisie Orsillo, Addy FeibelLogo and name: Eva ZimmermanTheme music and Editing: Josh OnyangoProducers: Helen Cai, Addy FeibelOther background music: OfShane, Lesfm, ComaStudio, penguinmusic, Ammil, Lauren Duski, and SlynkInstagram: @pcpearlsTwitter: @PCarePearlsListen on most podcast platforms: linktr.ee/pcpearls

Heather Harlan is an educator from Columbia/Boone County Public Health & Human Services. She spoke about substance use disorders, as well as how medication-assisted treatment is a real option to consider for those affected.

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In this week's podcast, the Agents take a very deep dive into the MAT method of addiction recovery. Blu offers his thoughts as Max and Brock take another look. Despite the viewpoints, they offer the listener a better path to understanding this path to recovery. The term medication-assisted treatment refers to the use of medication as part of the treatment plan for those with substance use disorders. This form of treatment is intended to be used in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies. For those in treatment for opiate use, MATs either work as opioid agonists or antagonists. In other words, they either produce the effect of an opioid in some capacity or block the effect of the opioid completely. Those against the use of medication-assisted treatment generally make two arguments. The first argument is that certain MATs have the potential to be abused because they do, after all, produce the effect of opioids in some cases. The second is that abstinence should always be advocated first following along with the idea that if someone really wants to abstain from drugs they will seek forms of treatment that do not include taking more drugs. In many cases, physicians apply the “fail first” criteria when considering medication-assisted treatment, meaning they try other therapies and keep MAT as a last resort option.

Michelle Brandsma, MS CADC III QMHP-C, Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. Substance Use Disorder/Trauma Informed Care Manager discusses: Naloxone distribution program and how it saves lives by reversing narcotic overdoses (e.g., fentanyl or heroin) Reducing the stigma of addiction Medication Assisted Treatment as a medical intervention supporting the therapeutic intervention Using peers to enhance engagement, build hope, and meet people where they are; and The need for holistic treatment. For more information about the intersection between criminal justice and behavioral health in Oregon, please reach out to us through our website at http://www.ocbhji.org/podcast and Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OCBHJI/. We'd love to hear from you. Notice to listeners:https://www.ocbhji.org//podcast-notice

In this special episode of MHM, we feature Dr. Nadia Haddad, a Colorado psychiatrist, and Dr. Ricky Dhaliwal, an emergency medicine physician, as they discuss the implications of OUD in Colorado. As a substance use disorder specialist, Dr. Haddad provides an invaluable perspective on various treatment modalities for OUD in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Finally, Dr. Haddad and Dr. Dhaliwal discuss the implications of the newly introduced Colorado legislature affecting patients with OUD and their providers.    Key Points:   The classic Suboxone therapy for heroin or prescription opioid detox can precipitate severe withdrawal in street fentanyl users.  The three FDA-approved MATs include methadone (full opioid agonist), buprenorphine (partial opioid agonist), and naltrexone (opioid antagonist).  Street fentanyl does not behave like pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl; a recent study found that the chemical composition of a street pill varied and included opioid analogs and benzodiazepines Fentanyl attaches and detaches to/from the receptor more easily and quickly than buprenorphine. Dr. Haddad suspects that as fentanyl weans from the patient's system, there is not enough to compete with Suboxone, therefore precipitating withdrawal. Suboxone vs. naltrexone: Suboxone can be started sooner to treat post-acute withdrawal. Naltrexone helps to prevent relapse but may slow a patient's emotional return to baseline.  Dr. Haddad recently developed a new home induction program to provide patients with supportive measures for the withdrawal period, which include pharmacologic interventions like clonidine, trazodone, dicycloverine, or loperamide. Resources after discharge in Colorado include mental health centers, Front Rage Clinic, Magnolia Mental Health The criminalization of substance use disorders moves people from treatment-focused settings to punitive settings and leads to prison population expansion without adequate mental healthcare resources.   

Dr. Michele Perron is a Clinical Supervisor, a private international addiction coach, counselor, speaker, and the author of “Tools for Life". She has worked in the field of addiction for over 15 years. Her experience includes working with groups and individuals in the critical stages of detox to high intensity inpatient, intensive outpatient, outpatient, extended care, after care, adolescent care, Medication Assisted Treatment, Telehealth care and TSM coaching. In this episode we talk about the unusual path that brought her to work in the addiction field and cutting edge treatment that presents a path to drinking moderation to many who have struggled with addiction. While this might sound impossible to those like myself who had a different path to recovery, it offers another option for some of those who struggle with addiction. Really interesting stuff, some of which challenged some of my own ideas.Episode ResourcesHealth Balance Program | lionrockrecovery.com/programs/finding-balanceOne Little Pill | onelittlepillmovie.comSinclair Method | sinclairmethod.orgAlcohol Recovery Medecine | alcoholrecoverymedicine.comConnect with The Courage to ChangePodcast Website | lionrock.life/couragetochangepodcastPodcast Instagram | @couragetochange_podcastPodcast Facebook | @thecouragetochangepodcastPodcast Email | podcast@lionrock.lifeYouTube | The Courage to Change PlaylistLionrock ResourcesLionrock Life Mobile App | lionrock.life/mobile-appSupport Group Meeting Schedule | lionrock.life/meetings

Rachelle Casto, VP of Administration, McLeod Addictive Disease CenterMelanie Conforti, VP of Medication Assisted Treatment, McLeod Addictive Disease CenterChristy Majors, VP of Finance, McLeod Addictive Disease CenterMary Ward, President, McLeod Addictive Disease CenterTricia Zerger, Director of Child & Family and Developmental Services, NetsmartIn this episode, representatives from the McLeod Addictive Disease Center and Netsmart discuss where addiction treatment is now and how the use of technology can take treatment to a whole new level. While the COVID pandemic created challenges for treatment, it also provided many opportunities, creating many roads to recovery.The McLeod Addictive Disease Center has been operative throughout many areas of North Carolina since 1969, caring for up to 2800 individuals at any given time. The pandemic drastically changed the ways in which treatments were viewed. Thankfully, being deemed an essential location, the treatment centers did not close, however, Telehealth and other online treatments got created for caregivers and patients alike. Finding that many patients enjoyed and preferred Telehealth as opposed to in-person treatment, the focus became more centered on asking the patients how they themselves think they can receive the best care. During a time of fear and uncertainty, this organization embraced opportunity because of the pandemic, leading to more innovation ideas and greater success of everyone involved.Join us to hear their experiences as we discuss:Factors that have and continue to contribute to the addiction crisis in our societyThe challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemicThe advantages of technology in Telehealth and other online services and how they related to overall patient satisfaction.How the pandemic shaped their organization, bringing about great new ideas and successWhat the future looks like without having strict regulationsIf you want to hear more episodes like this one, look for the Netsmart CareThreads podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or anywhere you stream your podcasts.

Episode 36 Addressing The Opioid Epidemic Watch Now https://youtu.be/bdKRUZjDvzA Listen Now Episode 36 Our clinical team walks through many informational aspects of the opioid epidemic and the barriers addiction treatment centers face in order to fight this crisis. Topics: Our clinical team discusses what it's been like walking through the opioid epidemic while the COVID-19 pandemicThe increase in the prevalence of opioids and fentanylThe power of opioids and why people choose to abuse themHow MAT has been helpful and the outcomes we've seen from it Select Quotes There should be a sense of urgency. I think we have lost a little bit of that momentum because of the pandemic. What we have actually seen of these two things continues to elevate and escalate together. We have to stay vigilant, and as you said Brandon, we have to change the narrative around what it means to get treatment and the types of treatment that are available. MAT is the gold standard for opioid treatment, which is based on data, science, research, and decades of study. As an industry, we have to be more open, and as a society, we have to again to continually work on eliminating that stigma around what opioid treatment is, specifically Medication-Assisted Treatment.Clinton Nicholson, MA, LPC, LAC Chief Operating Officer Episode Transcripts Episode 36 Transcripthello everyone finding peaks 2022. first for 2022. yeah i was counting down episodes in the past we're counting up because we reached like 36. geez in 2021 and now we're at one so it's easy to start the county you guys are all welcome anybody who's been following us in 2021 knows what i'm talking about absolutely and you guys have experienced what i'm talking about in real time for those who are joining us for the first time in 2022 jason friesma chief clinical officer clint nicholson chief operating officer and yours truly brandon burns chief executive officer of ossifer here we go 2022 rocky start yes in any case so we don't lose the audience yeah diving into this episode for this year the thing that i wanted to discuss today was the opioid epidemic that's taking place at the same time as this historical pandemic over the past two years uh of course covet 19 has taken 826 000 lives or something of that nature super tragic and unfortunate um happening alongside of that another 186 000 lives to the opioid epidemic which i think represents about what 23 24 of the covet 19 does so we're talking about significant losses by comparison and you know given the pandemic i haven't seen a lot about it as an epidemic taking place in the background and just wanted to remind you know viewers out there certainly family systems who are struggling with opioid addiction fentanyl heroin whatever the doctor prescribed at the end of the day whatever the drugs are called on the streets and so forth um just kind of talk about it out loud and then just reinforce with you know the general viewers as well too uh kind of how tragic this story is and what we're witnessing and certainly we experience you know at uh peaks uh individuals coming into treatment struggling with you know opioid use disorder um as well as the consequences of it uh prior to or even after treatment in that regard so um in sort of kicking this off um you know clinically what have we seen around this as an issue andkind of what's our what's our best foot forward and kind of as a as a small treatment facility with 36 beds you know to operate here in supporting such a large uh issue that's taking place all around usyeah so as you were kind of doing that intro brandon i i do think about how um when we conceptualize sometimes we talk about it clinically that the opposite of addiction is connection and so when we've been walking through this pandemic and particularly at the beginning of the pandemic when everyone was at home and isolated um it created a great deal of disconnection and we saw a hug...

Abstinence Based VS Medication-Assisted Treatment Dano Goldman and I discuss which is the "better" form of recovery between 12-step abstinence-based and medication-assisted treatment? And why is there a divide in the recovery community at all? Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/sCSh6Bzo0BE My name is Pej and I am a drug and alcohol interventionist! I am 14 years sober from Marijuana, Meth, Heroin, and a whole lot more. It has become my life's mission to help inspire and save as many lives as I can. Please call or text me any time if I can help you or a loved one get help. (949)751-7761 Subscribe to Peji's Recovery Corner podcast: On Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pejis-recovery-corner/id1554963303 On Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9waW5lY2FzdC5jb20vZmVlZC9wZWppLXMtcmVjb3ZlcnktY29ybmVy On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7mdmZQ6D7nNmrbYEOvkJL8 Stay connected on Social! TikTok: tiktok.com/@pejinterventions IG: https://www.instagram.com/drug_intervention/

Helping individuals with OUD is a big undertaking. Whole communities are required. This episode discusses a peer outreach and MAT treatment linkage program and considers the various factors that increase the likelihood that participants pursue treatment. For more information, download the one-pager for this episode (PDF)

In this podcast, you'll hear from Dr. Jennifer Montague as she explains what medication-assisted treatment is and how it could be THE thing to help your kid get and stay sober. Some of the questions we cover are:What is the goal of medication-assisted treatment?Do you have to use it forever?What are the different medications and their side effects? Our Parent Support Facebook Group

In this episode, we discussed how alcohol negatively impacted Claudia Christian's life, how Medication Assisted Treatment and The Sinclair Method helped her overcome substance use disorder, and the work she is doing to support others struggling with addiction.Claudia's Links:Website, LinkedIn, Instagram, C Three FoundationSubscribe to mission recovery's mailing list to stay updated: http://eepurl.com/htwclTGet in touch: www.missionrecoverypodcast.com I www.quitgenius.com I maroof@quitgenius.com

This episode takes a deep dive into medically assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders by discussing a study that compares carceral resident outcomes when using methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone to see which group had lower recidivism and fewer risky behaviors. Want to know which MAT works best? Listen and find out. For more information, download the one-pager for this episode (PDF)

Dr. Roland Engelbrecht is a family physician in British Columbia, Canada, who has dedicated his medical practice to addiction treatment. He is also a member of the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society, founded by Dr. Jeff Harries.The goals of CAUDS include educating the public about alcohol use disorder and how it is a medical condition that deserves compassion, not stigma. CAUDS also works to educate healthcare providers and the public about proven medical treatments that are effective in helping people to overcome alcohol addiction.While previous episodes on this podcast have focused on the use of naltrexone in treating alcohol use disorder, there are other medical treatments which can be helpful, in addition to naltrexone, or as an alternative for people who cannot tolerate naltrexone. There are also people who do not respond well to naltrexone, so adding additional medication can sometimes be helpful.Now, that medication assisted treatment of alcohol use disorder is becoming more commonplace, mainly as a harm reduction method in the form of The Sinclair Method, it is important that patients and their doctors understand that there are additional treatments available that can help to make their program more effective, if needed.I hope that this podcast episode is helpful in providing useful information to patients who can share it with their doctors, and for doctors who are looking for additional resources to offer their patients. For more information on the topics discussed in this episode, please visit http://www.cauds.org/, and please follow CAUDS on social media.Twitter handle: @cauds_orgFacebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caudsorgAlso, for more great podcast episodes and articles, please visit https://therehab.com and https://drleeds.com.

Morgan Godvin joined me last week to talk about Oregon's Measure 110, which decriminalized all drugs around one year ago. In this powerful conversation, we discuss the results of decriminalization, the increase in overdoses nationwide, fentanyl(s) and how we can prevent them from flooding the streets, thefts of desperation, Medication Assisted Treatment success and the stigma that goes with using drugs like Methadone or Suboxone, the cost of doing time in prison, and much more. Morgan has tons of work available with an internet search. You can read her Marshall Project piece, "I thought Going to Jail would get me Clean: I was Dead Wrong." Morgan also published an article about Oregon's drug decriminalization efforts. She also came on my podcast last year to talk about her convictions, time in prison, and recovery after release: available here.Morgan also appeared on a recent episode of The Tamron Hall show.

On this new episode Dr. Mark Gold, known as one of the fathers of medication assisted recovery,  speaks with host, SVP of Clinical Services David Hayden on  MAT's past, present and future.   Hear Dr. Gold's insights on the development of medications for treating substance use disorders, how it has evolved to what is available today, and what he sees coming in the future.  This is an entertaining and informative discussion with a proven, distinguished and awarded physician in the field of addiction medicine, public health, neurology, and psychiatry.  To learn more about Dr. Mark Gold, visit it website: https://www.drmarkgold.com/

As always, the Dr. Junkie Show does not provide medical advice. In this episode I discuss fentanyl(s) and why they are causing so many problems culturally right now, 100 years into a war on drugs. Fentanyl and its relatives (remifentanil, etc.) are not the problem. The war on drugs is the problem. Doctors have been using fentanyl(s) in hospital settings for more than 50 years, and they provide a number of benefits which make them preferable to other opioids in all sorts of procedures. I also explain why fentanyl(s) get us so much higher than heroin and morphine, why they are so dangerous when laced with other drugs, and how we can fix the current problem with overdose. 

Dr. Miller has determined that one category of meth user is a person who goes through life without adequate energy to complete tasks related to their activities of daily living. They found that self-treating their lack of energy with meth made it possible to get through the day. He identifies these patients using a line of questioning that proposes hypothetical situations that elicit a particular response.The other major category of meth user is the person who has attention deficit disorder. He describes these patients as being angry and short-tempered, but often regretful and remorseful of their actions.Dr. Miller describes these patients as being "dual diagnosed." The addiction is one diagnosis, and the underlying mental health issue is the other diagnosis. He complains that many addiction specialists only attempt to treat the addiction without giving proper attention to the condition that drives the addiction.Incredibly, Dr. Miller claims a very high success rate in treating patients for meth addiction. He states that within a short period of time, cravings subside. The meth addict simply no longer needs meth to get through the day. His methods of meth addiction treatment are unique and highly effective.

Danny Contreras and Michael Salinas served a total of 42 years of incarceration. They have transformed their lives and are making a huge difference in their communities. They are serious about using their time, talents, and lives to help others transform and heal. Danny has a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and multiple certifications in drug and alcohol counseling and human services with high honors. He holds a Substance Use Disorder Certified Counselor (SUDCC III), and is a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor through California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP). Danny works for the County of Santa Cruz's Health Services Agency as the Health Services Manager that oversees the Medication Assisted Treatment Program (MAT) for all of the counties clinics. Danny was the recipient of the 2017 County of Santa Cruz Gold award for being the key contributor to the development of protocols, procedures, forms, workflows, and implementing the Medication Assisted Treatment program at all county clinics. Danny teaches at the local police academy to future officers on stigma, drug addiction, stereotypes, and providing trauma informed care. Danny is regularly consulted by agencies, schools, and people in the community on various issues involving at-risk youth, incarceration, reentry, gangs, addiction, implementing MAT, outreach, prevention, intervention, and homelessness. His experience and education have put him in a unique position to help people on their journey of healing. He is an advocate and a voice for those who cannot be heard and lives his life to get them the services they need. He is a recent graduate of Loyola Marymount University School of Law gang expert certification program. Follow his stories @https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhZKQ4lgFAqeObrSlH5_fw Michael Salinas was born and raised in Gilroy Ca. At the age of 11 his life took a turn for the worse. He began to hang out with negative associations ultimately leading to a life of substance abuse, gang involvement, and 28 years of incarceration. After being released from prison for what seemed like 100th time. He decided to stick to his reentry plan and stay free. Part of his plan included his education and substance use/mental health treatment. Once he secured these three components of reentry and restoration in his life, he started a whole new chapter of a life in recovery and service to his community. He is a graduate of a chemical dependency certification program from Cal State East Bay and is very close to earning his Bachelor's Degree. He is an Associate Director for a substance use youth outpatient program. His freedom, sanity, and self-worth are all important to his transformed life. He advocates for the perspective that rehabilitation, reform, and transformation are all possible and society would be better if we gave the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated a second chance because his life is an example that anyone can transform. Please subscribe to The Prison Post and you'll receive a weekly notification when a new show is released. #ThePrisonPost #CROPOrganization #WorkingTogethertoRestoreLivesandHealCommunities #ReimaginingReentry #ThePrisonPostPodcast #Keys2Life

This month, we are taking a break from our Pandemic Perspective series to examine an existing working relationship between academia and government. Since we talk a lot on this podcast about how the research community and government partners or policymakers can work together more effectively, it made sense for us to dig into an existing policy collaboration between the two groups. For our March episode, we explore the Pennsylvania Coordinated Medication-Assisted Treatment Program, or PacMAT, which builds evidence-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs for Pennsylvanians suffering from opioid use disorder. Currently, there are 14 PacMAT centers throughout Pennsylvania that utilize a hub-and-spoke model. PacMAT's hub-and-spoke model has an addiction specialist physician at the center as the hub, providing expert guidance and support to primary care physicians in rural and underserved areas of the state. The primary care physicians, who serve as the spokes, provide the direct-patient care and includes prescribing MAT, which is the gold standard for opioid use disorder treatment. PacMAT stemmed from a significant need throughout Pennsylvania for physicians who had 1) received a DEA (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) waiver for prescribing MAT to patients living with opioid use disorder, and 2) felt comfortable enough to even prescribe MAT to their patients. We spoke with Laura Fassbender, executive advisor in the Office of the Secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and Max Crowley, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and the director of the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative at Penn State University, about the challenges and successes behind developing the interdisciplinary architecture for PacMAT. If you or someone you know is struggling with a substance use disorder, you can visit SAMHSA's website for more information. If you enjoyed this episode about PacMAT and combatting the opioid crisis, check out our episode about tackling the stigma of the opioid epidemic with Glenn Sterner and Steve Forzato. Note: This episode was recorded in early February 2021. Laura Fassbender has since left the Pennsylvania Department of Health and currently serves as the Vice President of Primary Care and Public Health Policy at the Wright Center for Community Health. The transcript for this episode is available here.

In this episode, we discuss medication assisted treatment and how it can be beneficial in the recovery process. We will go over the basics of some of the popular options for MAT, and talk about our experiences with them in our careers. Please remember that we are not doctors and not making any recommendations, and that you should always consult a physician before taking any medication. Please follow us on our social media platforms:Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/thesoberhighwayInstagram:   https://www.instagram.com/thesoberhighway_/Please DM us with any questions that you have, and we will answer them on the podcast.