The reporter, with 37 years of experience, began covering the opioid crisis after witnessing the drug wars between Mexican cartels while working for the LA Times. Living in Mexico for 10 years, the reporter was shocked by the escalation of violence. Assigned to cover how drugs crossed into the US, the reporter noticed record heroin seizures, sparking curiosity about the influx of heroin into the country.
Small towns in Kentucky were devastated by the opioid epidemic. Now several recovering addicts are returning home, starting businesses and driving the economic renaissance of the Bluegrass State. Writer Sam Quinones details Kentucky’s organic recovery story. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.