The EnrichMS Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jill Gordon
Our mission is to provide a community supported Youth enrichment education program committed and dedicated to engaging and informing youth, parents, schools and community partners. Enrich MS is already making a substantial impact in our communities across the state towards prevention for a variety of issues affecting our youth today. We have a clear vision and specific strategies to greatly reduce vaping, educate on the dangers of substance abuse, suicide prevention, social media use, cyber bullying and a variety of youth related issues.
Co-Moderators
Melissa R. Stephens, MD
Associate Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Carey University, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Carol Morreale, PharmD
Director, Interprofessional Education, and Public Health, College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Carey University, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
With panelists:
Hattiesburg High School Students
Kayla: Sophomore, Ameria: Sophomore, and Mimi Wilson: Teacher and Nurse
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Guest Speaker: Mark D. Meany
Deputy Director, Commercial Tobacco Control Program, Public Health Law Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Moderator: Sandra Shelson, Executive Director for The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi.
With panelists:
Senator Nicole Boyd, District 9, Lafayette-Panola Counties
Mayor Desiree Norwood, Sunflower, Mississippi
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Moderated by:
Carlos Latorre, M.D., Board Certified Family Medicine Physician. Vicksburg, Mississippi
D'Ambra, EnrichMS Youth Leadership Team Member
Panelists:
Amy Hollman, M.D., Family Physicial, Brandon Missisippi
Veronica Young, BSN-RN, Starkville High School
TIm Bourne, Director of Assessment, Accountability, and Accreditation, Starkville Oktibbeha Counsolidated School District
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Guest Speaker: Robert McMillian, PhD
Associate Director of the Tobacco Control Unit, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University
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Guest Speaker: William R. "Bubba" Bland Chief Investigator, Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Unit
Mississippi Attorney General's Office
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Guest Speaker: Dr. Daniel P. Edney, M.D., FACP, Chief Medical Officer and Regional Health Officer, Central Public Health Region Mississippi State Department of Health For more information, visit https://enrichms.org/summit
Co-Moderators: Hali and D'ambrah, Enrich MS Youth Leadership Team members.
With Panelists:
Representing BU Youth Tobacco and Vaping Prevention Program Youth Advocates
Chantiti Senior, Provine High School, Jackson, Mississippi
Jada Sophomore, Forest Hill High School, Jackson, Mississippi
Isabella Junior, McComb High School, McComb, Mississippi
Representing the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi's Generation Free Youth: Ambassadors
Casey Sophomore, Ridgeland, Mississippi
Jaden Sophomore, Ridgeland, Mississippi
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Peers Helping Peers: Youth Can Change the Trajectory of Vaping
In Part Two of our youth discussion, middle school students and high school students offer ways to combat peer pressure.
Mississippi Youth Leaders: Leading the Way
Peer pressure, social media, and e-cigarette marketing strategies are three factors pressing upon youth every day. This panel discussion features the experts: the youth themselves.
In this session, Rhonda Shirley, Government Relations Director for the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi, and Alisa Hill, a Senior at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School sit down with State Representative Nick Bain, Senator Nicole Boyd, Florence Mayor, Bob Morris, and Dr. Jim Rish, a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician at North Mississippi Health Services to look at policy interventions that may be on the horizon during the state’s current legislative session.
Flavor attracts, nicotine addicts.
Jill Gordon, Enrich MS Founder moderates this panel featuring:
Amy Winter, Director of the Mississippi State Department of Health’s
Office of Tobacco Control, Dr. Dan Edney, Internal and Addiction Medicine, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Dr. Carlos Latorre, Family Medicine Physician in
Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Hali, Co-Chair of the Enrich MS Youth Leadership Team.
A panel of parents, educators, and physicians examine the myths surrounding vaping along with a high school student who can attest that those myths exist in the school, community.
Vaping: The Knowns, the Known Unknowns, and the Unknown Unknowns
Dr. Robert McMillen takes us on a journey to explore what we know, about the products, the use of counterfeit e-cigarettes, as well as the lack of meaningful regulatory provisions along with what we still don’t know regarding short and long-term health impacts. www.mstobaccodata.org
The scary thing about Nicotine is that it’s highly addictive and it is often harder to quit than methamphetamine or heroin. In fact, it is often the hardest one to stop using. Nicotine is a gateway drug and leads to a much greater risk of abusing other substances. Talk with your primary care physician and/or pediatrician and let them guide you on how your child can stop using nicotine.
Children as young as 5th grade have reported using these devices. The usage is growing in alarming numbers. These devices have been found not only with high doses of nicotine, but also THC, fentanyl, and other drugs.
Enrich MS and expert Amy Winter discuss what vapes are, what they look like, and what risks they pose to our children. Together, we provide valuable resources for parents, schools, and the community. For more info, please visit EnrichMS.org.