SMART Policy Podcast
By SMART Initiative
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Episodes: 45
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Podcast by the UT SMART Initiative. Host Jeremy Kourvelas speaks with experts from across the recovery ecosystem - representing healthcare, prevention, law enforcement and more - about local, state and federal drug policy to find out what is and isn't working to make this fight against addiction a little easier.
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12 Hard Lessons: Richard J. Baum on America's Opioid Crisis
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Why a New Synthetic Opioid is Outsmarting Drug Tests
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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What the Brain Disease Model of Addiction Gets Right — and What It Misses
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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When There's No License to Lose: How Tennessee Teens Are Still Buying Vapes
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Equipping Communities for Recovery: Inside Tennessee’s Lifeline Peer Project
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Uplift Appalachia: Equipping and Empowering the Church to Support Recovery
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Funding Recovery Behind Bars: Bipartisan Solutions for Jail-Based Treatment
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Listen to the Front Lines: Why Drug Policy Needs to be Bold and Flexible
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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The Recovery Navigator: Connecting ER Patients to Hope in Sumner County
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Family, Recovery, and the Real Appalachia: A Conversation with Andi Marie Tillman & Trent Coffey
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Speaking Through Me: Using Compassion and Science to Talk to Teens About Cannabis, Social Media, and Brain Health
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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First on Scene, Still on Duty: How These EMTs-Turned-Mayors Tackle the Opioid Crisis
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May 30, 2025 |
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Fathers Lost in the Overdose Crisis: Prevention, Mentorship, & Rebuilding Families
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May 01, 2025 |
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Changing Healthcare Culture: The Billion Pill Pledge and Non-Opioid Pain Treatment
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Finding Opportunities to Save Lives With Overdose Fatality Review Teams
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Maury County's Fiscally Conservative Approach Pays Off
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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From Busting Pill Mills to Battling at Home: An Officer's Daughter Finds Recovery
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Getting Naloxone on College Campuses and Other Interventions
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Saving Lives in Jail: Naloxone Vending Machines, MAT, and Mental Health at Davidson County
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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If Opioid Prescriptions Are Down, Why Are Overdose Deaths Still So High?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Data, Compassion, and Leadership: How Police Can Prevent Overdose Deaths
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Potency And Supply: Fentanyl, Meth, And The “Drugification” Of Culture (feat. Sam Quinones)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Leveraging The Right Partnerships At The Local Level
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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How Health Insurance (or Lack Thereof) Affects Treatment Options In Tennessee
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Recovery Community Centers Are Changing Everything
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May 01, 2024 |
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Nashville’s Overdose Co-Response Unit Brings Harm Reduction to Law Enforcement
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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The Buprenorphine Waiver is Gone...Now What?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Decoding Autopsies: What Medical Examiners See That Others Miss
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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How Does Tennessee Regulate Cannabinoids?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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How Law Enforcement Is Rethinking Mental Health And Addiction
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Training and Empowering Musicians To Prevent Overdoses
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Are More Syringe Service Programs Coming To Rural Tennessee?
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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The Kids Are Alright: Meet the Rocky Top Recovery Ambassadors
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Fentanyl Is Now A Felony In Tennessee
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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What's Changing on College Campuses in Tennessee?
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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How Peer Recovery Patches Treatment Gaps
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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What's Happening with the Opioid Abatement Settlements?
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May 01, 2023 |
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Organizational Failure: How Bad Business Created the Opioid Epidemic
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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What does "primary" prevention for SUD look like?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Methamphetamine and the Overdose Crisis
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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The New CDC Guidelines: Correcting Past Mistakes
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Rural Areas and the Importance of Prevention
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Harm Reduction
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Telehealth
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Aug 30, 2022 |