Tag: Sam Quinones

Pulitzer Prize Uncovered Shocking Pill Pushing

We West Virginians can be excused for puffing out our chests a little bit over the recent news that Eric Eyre, a reporter for the Charleston Gazette-Mail won a Pulitzer Prize recently for investigative reporting. Especially since such awards routinely go to staffers from the New York Times, Washington Post and other major newspapers with…
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The Reality of Pipe Dreams

Third of three parts I was so captivated by the talk by Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, that when the moderator opened the floor for questions, I was the first to the microphone. Like many others in the crowd at Marshall University’s student center, drugs have had a…
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Grassroots Revival

Second of three parts In my last post I mentioned how Sam Quinones, the author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, kept the attention of a capacity crowd recently at Marshall University. I think one reason is the fascinating details he revealed about the legwork and research that went into his book.…
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Chronicling the Opiate Crisis

First of three parts Conventional wisdom advises public speakers to limit their remarks to 15 to 20 minutes to avoid losing their audience. Supposedly, in today’s short-attention-span world, going any longer means most people will tune out. I recently watched an author that wisdom on its ear. Sam Quinones, the author of Dreamland: The True…
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