The NASCSA Podcast

Conversations from the Conference - Lighthouse AI

From NASCSA's 40th Anniversary Conference in Greenville, South Carolina, a conversation with NASCSA sponsor, Lighthouse AI founder and CEO Sumeet Singh on the use of Arti

EP18 A.I. to Detect Drug Diversion in Healthcare

NASCSA host Alan McGill and founder of Invistics, Tom Knight, discuss the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to detect and prevent Drug Diversion in Heal

EP17 Dangers of the Online Pharmacy Market

How do you find a legitimate pharmacy online? How many are fake? How dangerous is the online pharmacy market? Libby Baney of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies answe

Ep16 Cannabis Banking: Navigating finances in the legal Cannabis Industry

This episode explores the past present and future of the legal Cannabis Industry in regards to finances. VP of Knowledge for GreenCheck, Paul Dunford, explains the histor

The Use of Psychedelic Drugs in Treatment: A Patient’s Perspective

The final in our three part series regarding the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental illness and traumatic brain injuries. This episode features a convers

The Use of Pscyhedelic Drugs for the Treatment of Mental Illness: Part2

Part 2 of the discussion with Dr. Lynnette Averill from Baylor College of Medicine. In this segment, Dr. Averill details the various drugs, challenges, and how the treatm

The Use of Psychedelic Drugs in Treatment of Mental Health and Considerations for CS Authorities - Part 1

Limited Series on the use of psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, and others for the treatment of various mental health conditions. Part 1 of the conversa

Pilot program: Paramedics Emergency Dispensing of Buprenorphine

Overdose Prevention Coordinator, Josh Schneider, for the City of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania discusses their pilot program of dispensing buprenorphine as a harm reduction

The Pez Case - Etizolam and the near death of two children

NASCSA President and host Alan McGill interviews Emporium Police Chief Dave Merritt and Cameron County District Attorney Paul Malizia about a case involving tainted candy

Drug Diversion, Burglaries & Robberies at Healthcare Facilities: Increased Dangers in a COVID Pandemic World

Everyone knows an armed robbery can be deadly. And diversion of medications at a healthcare facility can have substantial risk of harm to a patient. As if this is not eno

The Forgotten Epidemic

Ten years ago, the CDC declared the United States had an opioid epidemic but the COVID-19 Pandemic has drawn our attention away from the opioid crisis.  On this podcast,

(AI) Artificial Intelligence, Data Integration and Machine Learning in Healthcare to detect and prevent Drug Diversion

A conversation with Tom Knight, President and CEO of Invistics. Tom explains the differences and how computer software learns to detect patterns of drug diversion in heal

State PDMP vs a National PDMP - Dispelling myths, other arguments and outdated ideas

The argument for keeping State prescription drug monitoring programs and dispelling the myths about interoperability between states and other outdated reasons to enact a

NASCSA - The Executive Board, Committees and the Annual Training Conference. A discussion with the Executive Director and President of the Association.

NASCSA Executive Director Kathy Keough and President Joe Fontenot discuss what the Executive Board has been doing for the membership so far this year, including making co

How the COVID-19 pandemic has afffected the Opioid Epidemic, Drug Abuse and Addiction

A conversation with Dr. Lynn Webster about the Coronavirus Pandemic's affect on pain management and addiction therapy. Also discussed is poly-drug use, methamphetamine, c

On the front lines of Medicated Assisted Treatment, how it works, challenges, drug combinations and something called "Methadonia"

CEO of the Esper Treatment Center, Jennifer Esper, shares her nearly 20 years of experience in providing MAT or Medicated Assisted Treatment to those suffering with Opioi

The Importance of Safely Disposing of Unused and Unwanted Medications

The importance of destroying unused medications cannot be overstated. As a pharmacist with a law degree and former director of the Office of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs

The ACE Study and Drug Abuse

On this episode, we discuss the ACE Study or Adverse Childhood Experience Study with Dr. Susan Maloney of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Maloney is board certif

Tribute to Bill Ward

Interviews with Kathy Keough, John Gadea and Danna Droz as they share memories and pay tribute to their longtime friend and colleague, Bill Ward. Bill was the former Dire