Journalist and author Sam Quinones returns to the Strong Towns Podcast for the third time to discuss a recent, moving article he’s written for The Free Press: “<a href='https://www.thefp.com/p/rebuilding-hazard-kentucky-sam-quinones?utm_source=tfplinkedin'>Opioids Decimated a Kentucky Town. Recovering Addicts Are Saving It</a>.” It’s the story of Hazard, a small town that was hit hard by the decline of coal mining and the rise of the opioid epidemic—and yet its residents aren’t letting their town go down without a fight.
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“<a href='https://www.thefp.com/p/rebuilding-hazard-kentucky-sam-quinones?utm_source=tfplinkedin'>Opioids Decimated a Kentucky Town. Recovering Addicts Are Saving It</a>,” by Sam Quinones, The Free Press (February 2024).
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<a href='https://twitter.com/samquinones7?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor'>Sam Quinones (Twitter/X)</a>.
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<a href='https://samquinones.com'>Sam Quinones (website)</a>.
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<a href='https://twitter.com/clmarohn?lang=en'>Chuck Marohn (Twitter/X)</a>.
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