Podcasts by The Drug Crisis: Faces Behind the Struggle
One out of three people has been touched by the drug crisis with 64-thousand Americans dying from heroin and opioid overdoses in 2016 alone. This podcast--hosted by a father who lost his 17 year old son--gives voice to those who have been impacted in order to promote healing, understanding, and action.
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Episode 13, a conversation with Good Old War's Tim Arnold from 2019-01-26T01:23:39
Tim Arnold of the Philadelphia based band Good Old War shares his story about his art and overcoming addiction to drugs and alcohol. We also hear one of Arnold'...
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Episode 12, A conversation with Cheryl Juaire from 2018-11-21T15:19:26
In 2011, Cheryl Juaire lost her 23 year old son, Corey, to an accidental drug overdose. She thought she was alone in her grief until she met people from other families grieving over their lost l...
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Episode 11, Discussion with Ryan Hampton, author of American Fix from 2018-08-11T23:22:04
Nearly two years after the US Surgeon General's Office issued its first-ever report on the state of drug abuse in the US, more than 150 people continue to die every day from addiction. One out ...
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Episode 10, How Drugs Can Devastate a Family from 2018-08-03T18:47:54
Karen Bailey lost her 24 year old son, Corey, in 2011 to an opioid overdose. To add to Karen's terrible burden of loss she also lost her daughter, Alyssa, Corey's younger sister, a victim of sui...
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A discussion with Taylor Lucas from 2018-07-23T22:25:23
Taylor, whose story was told in an earlier podcast, lost her best friend to a heroin overdose in 2011 and, in her grief, became addicted to drugs herself. She describes her year long struggle to...
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Episode 8, Taylor's Story from 2018-06-04T14:48:24
A young woman named Taylor who became addicted to drugs after the overdose death of a friend tells her powerful and inspiring story in a message to Justin Veatch. She only remembered Justin as "...
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Episode 7, The Truth About Marijuana from 2018-05-11T14:36:07
Kevin Sabet--author of Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana and drug policy advisor to three White House Administrations--discusses the latest research on marijuana and its impact on...
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Episode 6, Drug Nightmares--The View from the Emergency Room from 2018-04-30T22:08:37
Dr. Roneet Lev is the chief of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, California and one of the nation's leading doctors for safety in prescribing drugs. From opiate pr...
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Episode 4, Transforming Loss and Struggle with Drug Addiction into Advocacy from 2018-04-09T13:00
In this episode of The Drug Crisis: Faces Behind the Struggle Joe Fuld--founder of The Campaign Workshop, a political communications firm in Washington DC--discusses how to transform loss and st...
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The Drug Crisis: Faces Behind the Struggle Episode 2 from 2018-03-15T02:32:48
This is a powerful and emotional conversation between Jeffrey Veatch and Susan Salomone, who lost her 29 year old son, Justin, to a heroin overdose in 2012. Susan and her husband Steve co-found...
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The Drug Crisis: Faces Behind the Struggle from 2018-02-20T00:55:31
One out of three people has been touched by the drug crisis with 64-thousand Americans dying from heroin and opioid overdoses in 2016 alone. This podcast--hosted by a father who lost his 17 year...
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