opioids

Addiction Recovery Channel: Cocaine and Methamphetamine Use in Vermont 11/09/2018

Host Ed Baker and his noted guest Richard Rawson, Ph.D., Research Professor at UVM, discuss the current situation we face in Vermont today—unprecedented opioid use and the very real rapid increase in both cocaine and methamphetamine use—and Vermont’s historic response to opioids.

Dr. Rawson is a leader in the field of research into opioid, cocaine, and methamphetamine use and treatment. He has focussed on these subjects for many years and is truly an expert.

Addiction Recovery Channel: Looking at Bess O'Brien's New Documentary - "Coming Home" 10/08/2018

Ed Baker and his esteemed guest Bess O’Brien discuss Bess' new documentary film “Coming Home,” a film focused on five people returning back to their Vermont communities from prison. Bess is perhaps most noted for her landmark documentary “The Hungry Heart,” which played an extremely important role in beginning to educate the public to the opioid crisis in Vermont in 2013.

Understanding Vermont's Opioid Crisis: CCTV Recording - Science of the Brain and Addiction 05/14/2018

Host Ed Baker speaks with Peter Jackson about the science behind addiction and the human brain.

Understanding Vermont's Opioid Crisis: CCTV Recording - Turning Point Center 04/23/2018

Host Ed Baker speaks with Gary De Carolis and Kelly Breeyear of The Turning Point Center in Burlington. This program is part of a six-part series co-produced with ORCA Media with the Vermont Opioid Coordination Council.

Cannabis & Opioid Reduction with Dr. Dustin Sulak 04/06/2018

The Champlain Valley Dispensary hosts a free community lecture about using cannabis for pain relief from a national expert in integrative medicine and medical cannabis.

Dr. Dustin Sulak is an integrative medicine pioneer with a focus in osteopathy, mind-body medicine, and medical cannabis. He is the founder of Integr8 Health in Falmouth and Maine Integrative Healthcare in Manchester, two integrative health practices in Maine that treat over 18,000 patients with medical cannabis. He has helped set the standard of care for the use of medical cannabis in a wide variety of conditions, including (chronic) pain, spasticity, seizure disorders, PTSD, and more.

To learn more about Dr. Sulak please visit: Healer.com

Let's Talk - Season 5, Ep 5 05/09/2016

May 9, 2016: Nels and Robert talk about the bigger picture around the Vermont Marijuana Bill vote, the opiate epidemic and its effect on our society especially the children and their families.

Vermont Sate House - S.243 Opioid Abuse 04/26/2016

House Committee on Human Services - S.243 An Act Relating to Combating Opioid Abuse in Vermont - April 26, 2016

Vermont State House - S.243 Opioid Abuse - Pharmacies 04/13/2016

House Committee on Human Services - S.243 - An Act Relating to the Treatment of Opioid Abuse in Vermont - April 13, 2016.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!