Episode #23 High Truths with Dr. Kevin Sabet on Smart Approaches to Marijuana

Episode 23 May 31, 2021 00:51:03
Episode #23 High Truths with Dr. Kevin Sabet on Smart Approaches to Marijuana
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode #23 High Truths with Dr. Kevin Sabet on Smart Approaches to Marijuana

May 31 2021 | 00:51:03

/

Show Notes

This episode starts with a game – Fact or Fiction on Medical Marijuana. Test your knowledge and then listen further to learn from Dr. Kevin Sabet whether the “war” or “battle” on marijuana legalization is lost, and what that means.

KEVIN A. SABET, PHD

Dr. Kevin Sabet is an affiliate of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Medical School at Yale University, and dubbed by NBC News as the “prodigy of drug politics,” author, consultant, and advisor to three U.S. presidential administrations, Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., has studied, researched, written about, and implemented drug policy for 25 years. He is currently the President and CEO of SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), a non-profit organization he founded with Congressman Patrick Kennedy and David Frum. His latest book, Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know, is distributed by Simon & Schuster. He is the only person appointed by Republican and Democrats to work at the White House drug office,  and he is a columnist for Newsweek. He received his doctorate from Oxford University.

 

Other Episodes

Episode 229

May 12, 2025 01:13:58
Episode Cover

229. Sebastian Rotella | Fentanyl from a Chinese Prison

Fentanyl Pipeline: How a Chinese Prison Helped Fuel a Deadly Drug Crisis in the United States - we discuss this publication in ProPublica and...

Listen

Episode 171

April 01, 2024 00:59:12
Episode Cover

Episode #171 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction with Dr. Kristen Gilliland and Neuroplasticity

The brain in neuroplastic – it can be directed towards great achievement as well as disorders.  Marijuana can cause synaptic reprogramming of the brain....

Listen

Episode 35

August 23, 2021 00:47:13
Episode Cover

Episode # 35 High Truths with Dr. Michael Scott on ERAS, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Can you have less pain, less opioids, and faster and better recovery after surgery? Absolutely! ERAS, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery optimizes care before, during...

Listen