Opioids Part 2: 780 Million Pills (Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Eric Eyre)

Appodlachia

English - May 18, 2021 11:43 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 347 ratings
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Previous Episode: Opioids Part 1: Profits of Pain

Next Episode: Opioids Part 3: Harm Reduction (with Dr. Sydnee McElroy)

In part 2 of our series on the opioid crisis in Appalachia, we talk to Eric Eyre, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter currently working with the Mountain State Spotlight covering opioids in West Virginia. Eric has been a leading reporter on the ground working to shed light on the drug distributors' role in the crisis. Eric is also the author of "Death in Mud Lick."

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Intro music: "Red, White, and American Blues" by David Morris.

00:20 - Intro: Mothman lives on Planet Fitness
19:35 - Interview with Eric Eyre
48:25 - Beef with Big John

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