try to escape the dreary reality by other means mcdowell county is. the epicenter of the country s opioid epidemic it began when pharmaceutical companies stopped his and pharmacies pushed the pain medication oxycontin. cover back so we ll see. sheriff moss in west has joined county administrators to file a lawsuit against three major pharmaceutical companies. west again if i can is in a survival mode. going into houses and situation more there s no food to eat nothing to play in the house kids sleep on chairs cigarette smoke costly being buried in the bone the young just like animals living out in the wild children living without parents because parents are in jail sometimes or over those days.