To the topic of opioid addiction and before we get to it i want to ask about what you wrote on your blog. You said theyre writing about heroin is another way about writing about america, who weut are and what we have become. Can you explain that . I began to occur to me as i write in the middle of the project and i began to wonder why it was that this problem was affecting appalachia and why it was affecting charlotte and salt lake and indianapolis in places that did well over the last 2030 years. What was the common denominator. I began to understand that the common denominator was our own isolation and that you are writing about much bigger topics then Drug Trafficking. My background is as a Crime Reporter and im wrote a book about Drug Trafficking from mexico and marketing from a supermarket and thats part of the story but i think beyond that it gets into who we have become. We become isolated, fragmented and weve done enormous amounts to destroy community in this country. The dream
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Good morning, to you, liz. And the weather is . The weather is not all that bad. In fact, it is beautiful in some locations this morning. And then in other locations youre looking at some rain showers, so depending where you are, whole different weather picture. Looking at couple of pictures, ben franklin bridge, notice we see the bridge, looks very similar to this every single day. What changes, whats above. You can see, weaver couple every cloud, but still bright enough start to the day. You go to the shore, and it is a totally bright day. Beautiful looking start in atlantic silt think morning. So the sun is out there. Whether few clouds are laying around in front of it, thats another matter. And storm scan3, showing, that to the north we do have the clouds out there, and more than that weve got some showers, and theyre moving in to the allentown and reading areas at this point. Notice, where theyre not. And theyre not through philadelphia or delaware or south jersey. We zoom, in we
Need to be ready for anything. Comcast, along with these television companies, supports cspan2 as a public service. Host sam quinones is journalism and author. 15 book dreamland the true story of americas opiate epidemic joined us today as we return to the topic of opioid addiction in america but before we get to the book i want to ask about something you wrote on your blog recently pick you said writing about heroin these days is really another way friday about america, we are and what weve become. Can you explain that . Guest sure. I began come this begin to coding as i began to write. It was in the middle of this project. I began to wonder why it was that this problem usually affecting appalachia, but then but then also white was affecting charlotte and salt lake and indianapolis and places that did very well over the last 20, 30 years, not rust belt areas. What was the common denominator . Began to understand that the common denominator was her own isolation and that youre really w
You ahead. Journalist and author of the 2015 the dreamland the true story of the epidemic joins us today and returns to the topic of opioid addiction in america but before we get to the book i want to ask about something you wrote on your blog writing about heroin these days is another way of writing about america, who we are and what weve become. I began to wonder why t it was that it was affecting appalachia but also affecting salt lake and indianapolis and places that did very well. What was the common denominator tithat was our own isolation. My background is as a Crime Reporter and i thought i was writing a book about Drug Trafficking from mexico and marketing thats part of the story but i think beyond that we become so isolated andd fragmented. Weve done an enormous amount to destroy the country. The dreamland titlee comes froma pool in the town of portsmouth ohio on the ohio river. What once held the town together, it was this place everyone came together and formed community su