![]() Based in Roanoke, Virginia for three decades, her reporting has won more than a dozen national. Jones had run a massive drug ring out of the small. This complex story of public health, big pharma, dark money, politics, race, and class will take the story of DOPESICK into the present day, showing that the increase in the number of overdose deaths during the COVID pandemic illustrates the tremendous need across America to change the conditions that make addiction so prevalent and which prevent those seeking treatment to begin new lives. Beth Macy is the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling books Truevine and Factory Man. Beth Macy opens Dopesick, her new book about the opioid epidemic, with a visit to Ronnie Jones, a heroin dealer serving a 23-year sentence. ![]() ![]() In this talk, Macy examines what happens when political forces beyond the control of individuals come to define generations of Americans. And yet there is no consensus on the best treatment available to help addicted people, nor an understanding of how to scale the programs that have proven successful. The pending multi-district litigation against opioid makers, distributors, and retailers could result in tens of millions of dollars to help treat the disease of addiction and provide communities across America with resources to help those struggling with addiction. ![]() Nearly a decade into the second wave of America's opioid epidemic, pharmaceutical companies are finally being forced to answer for the crisis they created. ![]()
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