Pathways 2 Prevention

In this episode we are joined by guest Boro Goic, a  founding member of the Recovered Users Network (RUN). We not only discuss Boro's personal journey to recovery and the important work RUN is doing, but we also touch on the importance of establishing recovery oriented systems of care in communities throughout the world.  Further points of discussion include the still-persistent stigma around addiction and recovery and the importance of giving persons in long-term recovery a voice in shaping drug policies at the international level.  

Join us as we meet with Augusto Nogueira, Executive Director of the Association for Rehabilitation of Drug Users  in Macau (ARTM). We talk about ARTM's unique approach to treating addiction and re-integrating addicts into society through long-term aftercare, skills training, and the arts. 

Join our discussion with economist and public health  expert Theo Caputi  as we discuss how the marijuana industry uses poorly-designed research to  market their products and make unsubstantiated claims regarding health benefits and safety. We also discuss the economic and societal costs of marijuana legalization.

Theodore Caputi is a public health and economics researcher and a second-year Ph.D. student in the Economics program at MIT. He is also the author of the Behavioral Health Matters blog for Psychology Today. Theo’s work has been featured in journals such as Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Pediatrics, Health Affairs, Addiction, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, and Tobacco Control and in news outlets such as The New York Times, the LA Times and CNN.

In this episode, Dr. Mohr joins with Dichen Choden, Program Officer with the Colombo Plan’s Drug Advisory Program, to discuss her pilot project to train Afghan teachers in the Universal Prevention Curriculum.

An author, consultant, former advisor to three U.S. presidential administrations, assistant professor, and the President and CEO of SAM, Dr. Kevin Sabet joins us simultaneously with the launch of his new book, SmokeScreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know.