Addiction Recovery Channel

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Ed Baker is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Alcohol/Drug Counselor with over 35 years of experience in the Substance Use field. Join Ed in learning from individuals with extensive professional and personal experience related to all aspects of addiction, recovery, prevention, and policy. Learn more about Ed and the Addiction Recovery Channel: www.edbakermsw.com

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-03-19
Format: 2024-03-19
Public Safety and Public Health in Burlington and Vermont Roundtable - 01/04/2024
Host Ed Baker is joined by Representative Taylor Small, Senator Tanya Vyhovsky, and Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George to have a roundtable discussion about the public health crisis happening in Burlington and across Vermont.
Public Safety and Public Health in Burlington and Vermont with Representative Taylor Small - 12/20/2023
Host Ed Baker is joined by Representative Taylor Small to discuss the public health crisis happening in Burlington and across Vermont. For more information visit https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2024/34700
Public Safety and Public Health in Burlington and Vermont with Senator Tanya Vyhovsky - 12/18/2023
Host Ed Baker is joined by Senator Tanya Vyhovsky to discuss the public health crisis happening in Burlington and across Vermont. For more information visit https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2024/37410
Public Safety and Public Health in Burlington and Vermont with Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George - 11/21/2023
Host Ed Baker is joined by Sarah George, Chittenden County State's Attorney, to discuss the public health crisis happening in Burlington and across Vermont. For more information visit https://prosecutors.vermont.gov/offices/chittenden/
International Overdose Awareness Day 2023 - Burlington Rally Preview - 07/31/2023
From Ed Baker: Ed Baker and Kimberly Blake highlight International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), and a rally at Burlington's City Hall Park honoring loved ones taken by drug overdose and advocating for expanded Harm Reduction services,...
Overdose Prevention Centers and Decriminalization - 07/11/2023
From Ed Baker: Grey is a senior policy counsel for the Drug Policy Alliance, which is the leading organization in the United States working to end the drug war, repair its harms, and build a non-punitive, equitable, and regulated drug market. Prior...
International Overdose Awareness Day 2023 - Statehouse Rally Preview - 07/11/2023
From Ed Baker: Ed Baker highlights International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), and a rally on the Statehouse lawn honoring loved ones taken by drug overdose and advocating for expanded Harm Reduction services, including Overdose Prevention...
Fentanyl and Xylazine and The Poly-drug Overdose Death Crisis in America - 04/20/2023
From Ed Baker: Dr. Joseph D’Orazio, a noted expert, discusses the pharmacology of xylazine, the clinical course and clinical management of overdose, the complications presented by fentanyl/xylazine combination, xylazine wounds and wound care,...
Drug Overdose Death and Harm Reduction: the Vermont Overdose Prevention Network's Position - 01/30/2023
From Ed Baker: Key members of VOPN discuss Network views and policies related to preventing drug overdose death in Vermont. With guests Theresa Vezina, Mike Selick, and Joe Magee. Mike Selick is the Associate Director of Capacity building at...
Interview with Maia Szalavitz - 12/13/2022
From Ed Baker: Maia Szalavitz is the author, most recently, of Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, which is the first history of the movement aimed at focusing drug policy on minimizing harms, not highs....
Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC), What the Research Is Telling Us, With Dr. Brandon Marshall - 10/13/2022
From Ed Baker: Dr. Brandon Marshall is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, and a recognized researcher placing specific emphasis on harm reduction interventions and overdose prevention. Dr. Marshall and his...
International Overdose Awareness Day 2022 - Statehouse Rally Preview - 08/18/2022
From Ed Baker: Ed Baker highlights International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), and a rally on the Statehouse lawn honoring our loved ones taken from us by drug overdose and advocating for expanded Harm Reduction services, including Overdose...
Interview with Nora Volkow - 07/11/2022
From Ed Baker: Join Ed Baker and his noted guest, Dr. Nora Volkow, as they discuss the consistently accelerating velocity of drug overdose death in America. The relationship between the deadly force of stigma and the unprecedented lethality of...
OnPoint NYC - An in-depth look into the first sanctioned Overdose Prevention Centers in the United States - 06/24/2022
From Ed Baker: Kailin See is the Senior Director of Programs for both the Washington Heights CORNER Project and the New York Harm Reduction Education Project, serving Washington Heights, East Harlem and the Bronx in New York City. She was the...
Interview with James Rauh and Roneet Lev - 04/08/2022
From Ed Baker: Join Ed and his noted guests James Rauh and Roneet Lev as they explore the gravity of our current overdose fatality emergency. James tells the story of his personal loss and his pursuit of fentanyl manufacturers all the way to China,...

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