Leonard Lee Buschel is an American publisher, substance abuse counselor and author of HIGH: Confessions of a Cannabis Addict.
12 Facts About Leonard Buschel
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Leonard Buschel is the co-founder of Writers in Treatment, which supports recovery and the arts, and for 15 years was the executive director and Founder of the REEL Recovery Film Festival, focusing on stories of addiction and recovery.
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Leonard Buschel grew up in the Logan community of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Leonard Buschel attended Philadelphia Community College and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
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Leonard Buschel received a substance-abuse counseling certificate from Los Angeles City College in 2005.
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Leonard Buschel created the annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards, held in Los Angeles since 2009 and dubbed the Recovery Oscars by The Fix online publication.
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In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Leonard Buschel kept the REEL Recovery Film Festival going by moving to a virtual format.
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In 2021 Leonard Buschel completed and published his memoir, High: Confessions of A Cannabis Addict about Leonard Buschel's journey from drug dealer to drug counselor.
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Leonard Buschel's memoir tells of his birth and early life in Philadelphia.
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Leonard Buschel was named a recipient of the 2015 Acker Awards for Film Curation.
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Leonard Buschel is a former drug dealer who now has 30 years of clean and sober recovery from drugs and alcohol.
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Leonard Buschel is the brother of journalist and producer, Bruce Buschel.