Ep.42 Addiction Treatment | The business of keeping people alive

Topics discussed in this episode 🟣Set of skills from the lash of alcoholism and drug addiction, being shot and stabbed to GED to graduate school magna cum laude and Clinic Director 🟣From standing in front of a judge at a County drug court to friendship and collaboration with the judge as an addiction professional 🟣Beginning career at a local community mental health center as a peer support specialist 🟣Starting the first outpatient opioid use disorder program in Mississippi 🟣Working as the mental health commissioner for Heinz County 🟣Cream of the crop harm reduction 🟣MAT saving lives and changing people from tax-depleting citizens to taxpaying citizens 🟣Incentivized treatment, not punitive, and helping inner city youth avoid the prison right of passage with drug courts 🟣Funding from the Mississippi Department of Health 🟣Importance of not putting somebody out of treatment and training staff to not turn anyone away 🟣Building relationships with local hospitals 🟣SUD is a mental obsession with a physical meaning 🟣Understanding MAT and finding solutions strong enough for new illicit opiates 🟣Marijuana with fentanyl in Mississippi 🟣Perception of harm 🟣Increase in opioid use in African American women 🟣If a drug is not from a dispensary or pharmacy, assume it has fentanyl 🟣Giving free Narcan as part of admissions 🟣The "maintenance man's" bright spot Addiction Podcast Guest: Jeffery Harvey, P-LPC, NCC, CAT, CPS CEO Natural Prevention, Mentorship, and Consultation Clinic Director, Jackson Comprehensive Treatment Center 1935 Lakeland Dr Suite 900, Jackson, MS 39216 🔗https://www.ctcprograms.com/location/jackson-comprehensive-treatment-center/ 🔗https://www.jacksonmat.com/ ✉️Jeffery.harvey@ctcprograms.com 📞Jeffery's direct cell 601-665-2475 📞844-657-2335 🔗LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffery-harvey-p-lpc-ncc-cat-cps-98339b123 Guest location: Mississippi Addiction Podcast Host: ⁠Chris Langley⁠, Co-Founder | ⁠Addiction Recovery Place⁠