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Appalachia

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What It's Like To Treat Opioid Addiction in Appalachia

Psychiatrist Sally Satel on her eye-opening year at a clinic in Ironton, Ohio

Nick Gillespie | 3.1.2021 6:00 AM

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Hillbilly Elegy

Unlike the book, the film is not a political story.

Stephanie Slade | 2.19.2021 6:00 AM

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Opioids

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.

Nick Gillespie | 1.4.2021 2:55 PM

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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.

Peter Suderman | 11.24.2020 11:46 AM

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Appalachia

The Noble, Misguided Plan to Turn Coal Miners Into Coders

Expensive high-speed internet and job training won't transform Appalachia into "Silicon Holler."

Ronald Bailey | 11.25.2017 6:00 AM

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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.

Nick Gillespie | 1.3.2017 3:50 PM

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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

Ronald Bailey | 12.10.2016 7:00 AM

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