What It's Like To Treat Opioid Addiction in Appalachia
Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio
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What Drug Warriors Got Wrong About the Opioid Epidemic
The original formulation of OxyContin didn’t create the opioid crisis, argues psychiatrist Sally Satel, and removing it from the market didn’t make the problem go away.
Netflix's Hillbilly Elegy Is a Movie Afraid of the Book It's Based on
J.D. Vance's memoir was an inherently political story. The film tries to ignore its context.
The Noble, Misguided Plan to Turn Coal Miners Into Coders
Expensive high-speed internet and job training won't transform Appalachia into "Silicon Holler."
McDowell Is the Poorest, Sickest, Most Hopeless County in America. Why Doesn't Everyone Just Leave? (Reason Podcast)
Ronald Bailey traveled back to his familial home to find out what went wrong in Appalachia.
Why Don't People Who Are Stuck in Depressed Appalachian Towns Just Leave?
A Reason writer returns to his family's home to investigate