In her forthcoming book, Rx Appalachia: Stories of Treatment and Survival in Rural Kentucky, Lesly-Marie Buer focuses on women’s encounters with substance use treatment in rural Central Appalachia. Buer is an applied medical anthropoligst and director of Research at Choice Health Network Harm Reduction in Knoxville, Tennessee. In her own […]
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When anyone in my city, specifically someone young and healthy-looking, is lethargic and incoherent, an EMT’s first guess is an heroin overdose. I considered hanging a printout of my upcoming pain management appointments on my kitchen wall, but didn’t out of fear. What would someone think if they saw it? […]
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With just under 2 million residents, West Virginia is relatively small in comparison to other states, ranking 38th in population size. And yet, the mountainous region is ranked among the top states most affected by the opioid crisis. A national crisis, the opioid epidemic has prompted public outcry for action, […]
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