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Ripple Effects of the Opioid Crisis 8/9/19

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Print and on-line professional journalist Randy Rieland described the collateral recogning upon family and community of the opioid crisis after over 70 interviews while writing for 4 or 5 newspapers in the piedmont region of rural Virginia.

TOPICS:

Huntington, West Virginia, "Ground zero of the O.C.", Mayor Steve Williams, Rapahanock County, NAS babies (addicted new-borns), increased difficulty in obtaining analgesia for people with chronic pain, Chief Jenkins of Culpepper, VA, suicide, Needle Exchange Program, Harm Reduction, Narcan, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Prince William County Jail, Oxford Houses, Suboxone, Fentanol, Recovery times

Production Date: 
Friday, August 9, 2019 - 12:00

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