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This multi-part written series of articles is now available in podcast form. Dr. Drew reads “A History of Opium,” which includes additional commentary from recognized experts (available only in this version). A previous Weekly Infusion podcast with Internal Medicine/ Addiction specialists Dr. Drew and Dr. Bruce Heischober welcome a variety of guests and explore topics ranging from everyday health issues, to the latest medical breakthroughs and treatments, to incredible stories of the ER.
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Now displaying: April, 2019
Apr 27, 2019

Dr. Anna Lembke of Stanford University and recovered addict Mike Catherwood are this week’s guests.  This episode addresses the processes that occur in the brain when an addiction takes hold.  Find out how genetics, the environment and childhood trauma contribute this disease as well. 

This episode is sponsored by Select CBD

Apr 15, 2019

This week’s experts are “The Age of Addiction” author, Dr. David Courtwright, Former Nixon Drug Chief, Dr. Robert Dupont and Harvard Professor, Dr. Bertha Madras

Methadone was becoming a popular withdrawal treatment even as Timothy Leary was calling for people to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”  Nixon declared a “war on drugs” and soldiers’ drug use in Vietnam shined a light on heroin abuse.  The National Institute of Drug Abuse was founded in the 70s and the 80s ushered in the D.A.R.E. Program.   

This episode is sponsored by Select CBD.

Apr 10, 2019

With doctors forbidden from treating the addicts they had created, this population began resorting to unlawful activities to acquire drugs.  WWII interrupted the opium trade, making it easier for the U.S. to crack down on drug trade, but by the end of the 40s a rise in heroin use occurred, increasing addiction rates.  Dr. Marie Nyswander began to champion the use of Methadone to treat addicts.  Age of Addiction author, Dr. David Courtwright is this week’s guest expert.  

This episode is sponsored by Select CBD.

Apr 3, 2019

Drug historian and author of The Age of Addiction, Dr. David Courtwright, joins us to talk about some of the “addiction cures” that became popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Find out which famous historical figure blamed all addictions on masturbation!  

This episode is sponsored by True Recovery. 

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