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Behind The Shield

Robert Banghart (Bringing Solutions to Homelessness and Addiction to Las Vegas) - Episode 1015

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9667 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Robert Banghart serves as the Vice President of Community Integration for Shine A Light Foundation and is the Program Manager for CrossRoads. His personal journey from homelessness, which lasted five years above and below ground, took a pivotal turn when he received a scholarship to Freedom House. Now, Robert shines as a beacon of hope, dedicated to helping others find their second chance.

In this conversation, we discuss his journey into addiction, the homeless city that dwells in Las Vegas' tunnel system, the rampant crime the homeless are subjected to, surviving a murder attempt, his powerful recovery story, the three sided solution that Shine a Light Foundation provides, success stories and so much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm extremely excited to announce a brand new sponsor for the Behind the Shield podcast, and that is Rescue One CBD.

0:07.3

For any of you have listened to this podcast for the last eight years, you would have heard my own personal journey from using prescription pills after a knee surgery to finding CBD and having incredible success with that.

0:20.1

I then saw my son's wheezing diminish, my wife's

0:23.1

anxiety, and so many more kind of success stories. The problem is, though, I've also seen the

0:29.4

stigma and misunderstanding about this incredibly powerful plant medicine. When it comes to workplace

0:35.7

drug testing, it's THC that they are looking for. The concentration

0:39.9

is high in marijuana, but there is a small amount in most CBD products. And with John being a

0:46.0

veteran firefighter paramedic himself, he was determined to find a product that was pure that would

0:52.1

ensure there was nothing in there that would put someone's

0:55.5

career at risk. So he developed a three-tier system. The third-party testing facility tests

1:01.8

to parts per billion, which is the most minute amount I have ever heard of and all the time

1:07.7

I've worked with CBD. The results of every batch are posted on their

1:12.2

website so you can literally see the same results that they see from the batch that you are ordering.

1:17.6

Secondly, they include workplace drug test kits in the order when you order it. So if you have

1:23.8

any fears, you get to do it just to appease it, even though this is a pure and safe product.

1:30.0

Thirdly, they've just finished a year-long study with the University of Maryland and Arcadia University,

1:36.4

and firefighters from all over the country sent in their urine samples and not a single person failed a drug test.

1:44.0

So you have three different tiers of trust

1:46.4

with this particular product. Now they have different flavors for their CBD. For anyone that's

1:51.3

had it that's just the CBD oil, it does not taste good. So they found a way of make it more palatable.

1:56.5

They have a sleep remedy that has terpenes in, again completely safe. That one's called out of service.

2:02.6

And then topical CBD, obviously, for aches and pains on the outside.

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