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  Carol Taylor-Shim, January 22,…

  Carol Taylor-Shim talks about her twenty years working as a social worker in Fayette County Child Protective Services, and watching how widespread opioid use…
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  Lisa Anna (Pseudonym), March…

  Lisa Anna describes how she felt when she found out she was pregnant during the "deepest throes" of addiction, and how she was too scared to tell anyone so she…
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  Patrick Branam and Chad…

  Patrick Branam and Chad Traylor discuss working as emergency responders, the large volume of emergency runs made due to overdoses, administering Narcan daily to…
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  Jessica Johnson, August 10,…

  Jessica Johnson discusses her work as the Director of Social Services at the Bair Foundation (a foster care agency in Lexington, Kentucky), and talks about how…
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  Juanita Everman and Amber…

  Juanita and Amber each discuss their histories of opioid use. They talk about meeting each other in jail and deciding to start a non-profit whose goal is to…
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  John Moses, August 17, 2018

  John Moses talks about the early days when it was against the law to operate a needle exchange, starting Lexington's first needle exchange, and his memories of…
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  Jackie Last (Pseudonym),…

  Jackie Last tells her personal story of opioid addiction. Through jail, pregnancies, having her children taken away from her by Child Protective Services,…
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  Pat Tucci, August 20, 2018

  Pat Tucci discusses her almost twenty years working in the field of substance abuse recovery, trends she's observed, watching the opioid epidemic go from…
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  Jill Keys, August 22, 2018

  Jill Keys talks about operating Lexington's first needle exchange program, her role as the Director of Clinical Services at the Health Department, and talks at…
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  Donald Rogers, August 23, 2018

  Donald Rogers talks about his early career as a therapist in Powell County, Kentucky and his work today as the Chief Clinical Officer at Bluegrass.org. He…
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  Melissa Baker (Pseudonym),…

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  Brooke Lynn (Pseudonym),…

  Brooke talks about her slide into pill and heroin addiction, from being prescribed pain pills in high school after spots injuries to pill addiction into a deep…
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  Van Ingram, September 11, 2018

  Van Ingram, executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, talks about noticing the rise in pill abuse and over-prescribing by doctors during…
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  Catherine Ross, September 13,…

  Catherine Ross talks about becoming addicted to heroin at age 17, growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, being among the first group of people to start opioid use…
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  Connie White, October 1, 2018

  Dr. Connie White discusses the ways the state (Kentucky) has attempted to tackle the opioid crisis and talks about how opioid use affects maternal health,…
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  Erika Pike, October 2, 2018

  Dr. Erika Pike discusses her research on how the opioid crisis has affected the mental and emotional health of the first responder workforce in…
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  Thea Cima, October 11, 2018

  Thea Cima is the Intake Coordinator and Substance Abuse Counselor at Independence House, a residential treatment center for women in Corbin, Kentucky. Cima…
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  Andy Beshear, October 12, 2018

  Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear discusses his personal trajectory toward realizing the devastating impact opioids have had on the State of Kentucky, the…
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  Sharon Walsh, October 23, 2018

  Sharon Walsh describes her early years as a drug researcher in Baltimore studying heroin. She recalls becoming curious about the pharmacology of prescription…
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  Elaine McMillion Sheldon,…

  Filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon talks about documenting the opioid epidemic as a native West Virginian, giving fair coverage to topics like…
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  Shane Young, November 26, 2018

  Shane Young is Hardin County, Kentucky's Commonwealth Attorney. He discusses his childhood, military career, and law career as a private attorney and then state…
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  Tonya Jernigan, November 26,…

  At the time of this interview, Tonya Jernigan was the clinical director at Chrysalis House, a substance abuse treatment center for women. Tonya Jernigan…
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  Russ Read, December 3, 2018

  At the time of this interview, Russ Read was the Executive Director of Beacon House, a transitional living program for men in Louisville, Kentucky. Read talks…
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  Emily Walden, December 11,…

  Emily Walden talks about her son TJ and the progression of his addiction to Opana, a powerful opioid. Emily discusses how after her son's death from an…
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  Lisa Minton, December 13, 2018

  Lisa Minton discusses her early career helping to set up a drug court system in Kentucky, to becoming the Executive Director of Chrysalis House. Lisa describes…
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  Connie Neal, January 4, 2018

  Connie Neal talks about the state of Kentucky's decision to launch drug court in the mid-1990s as a response to the rise of crack/cocaine. She discusses her…
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  Charlotte Wethington, January…

  Charlotte Wethington talks about her son Matthew Casey, who died of a heroin overdose in 2002, and discusses the many obstacles family members face when trying…
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  Ebert Haegele, January 24,…

  Ebert Haegele talks about growing up in Covington, KY, his background in criminal law, and his experience starting a career as a narcotics prosecutor at the…
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  Amy Baker, February 20, 2019

  Amy Baker discusses her early work in substance abuse intervention, working with incarcerated populations in Frankfort in the 1990s. She discusses how the state…
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  Jenell Brewer, Lisa Coffey,…

  Jenell Brewer and Lisa Coffey discuss the personal events that led up to the founding of their recovery organization SPARK (Special People Advocating Recovery…