It is National Prevention Week which is a week dedicated to bringing communities together to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention. It is also Mental Health Awareness Month! On this episode, we have Dr. Chrisopther Smith, Addiction Psychiatrist discuss 

 

how addiction is a disease of the brain/mind and not just attributed to a person's decision making 

 

how cultural stigma behind addiction causes negative outcomes in our community 

 

how addiction affects all people of all walks of life and is particularlarly concerning in pop/ hip hop culture ala DMX, MJ, Prince

 

how substance use has built the prison industrial complex 

 

how the history of oppression continues to perpetuate addiction 

 

and MORE!

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