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
