Healthy Options 5/4/16

Producer/Host: Andree Bella
Engineer: John Greenman

Issue: Alternative health

Program Topic: Using Medical Marijuana for Treatment of Opiate Dependence

Key Discussion Points:
a) the current status of medical marijuana in Maine
b) how medical marijuana has been used sucessfully to treat opiate addiction
c) present and proposed conditions allowed for use of medical marijuana

Guest: Catherine Lewis, board chair and educational director of Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine, co-owner of Home Grown Health Care of Maine

Reproductive Left 5/3/16

Producer/Host: Abbie Strout

Issue: Social and political issues that impact our sexual and reproductive health produced by WERU in collaboration with Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center –www.mabelwadsworth.org.

Program Topic: Teaching Consent

Key Discussion Points:
a) How to talk about consent starting with young children.
b) Breaking down gender stereotypes.
c) How pop culture influences our understanding of consent.

Guests:
Brianna Bryant – Rape Response Service
Terry Marley-DeRosier, Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center