Contents

Special Edition

Welcome to Opioid, USA

West Virginia’s coal mines created a labyrinth of rail lines and transportation corridors that served its economy for decades. Another kind of traffic has now gripped the state, a network of drug dependency that is strangling initiative, taking lives and leaving ruin in its wake.

The Opioid Dossier

Almost Heaven Almost Hell

The Opioid Dossier

Lost Generation

Drug Rehabilitation

They’re Not Addicts, They’re Students

Into the Field

Colonel Combats Drug Epidemic in El Salvador

Contents

Editorial

Behind the Opioid Headlines

Finding effective—but often elusive—solutions for civic success is a holy grail among dedicated activists. They know that “building community” is possible—but it’s always so confoundingly difficult.

At a Glance

News Briefs

Driven from their homes by civil strife, some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have crossed into Bangladesh, filling refugee camps there along the Naf River.

The Opioid Dossier

The Opioid Dossier

“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.

Media & Ethics

The Media’s Sacred Cows

Don’t take a free cup of coffee, reporters are warned—even as their bosses cover for friendly politicians and rake in cash from those who despoil society.

On Air

On Air

The Truth About Drugs

Scientology Network documentary on illicit drugs provides personal accounts of the dangers of the most abused drugs.

On Air

They Said, They Lied

Scientology Network documentary on illicit drugs provides personal accounts of the dangers of the most abused drugs.

The Opioid Dossier

The Opioid Dossier

“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.

Almost Heaven Almost Hell

In West Virginia’s natural paradise pain pills paved a road to perdition.

Lawyer

A Southern lawyer tells how we got here, and how he hopes to use a forgotten state law to rescue the country from the opioid epidemic.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—He’s a small-town attorney—and he ran for president of the United States.

Sheriff

This former West Virginia coal miner-turned-sheriff has had enough of the epidemic. He’s baptized, coached, arrested, sentenced and buried too many neighbors and friends.

Lost Generation

A new American tragedy is unfolding: Drug-orphans rescued by grandparents.

The Opioid Story

U.S. opioid epidemic did not happen overnight; crisis warnings by Freedom three decades ago largely ignored by pharma-friendly mass media.

101 Words That Spelled Death

The worst drug crisis in American history started with a single paragraph—a five-sentence “Letter to the Editor,” published in small type, on page 123, near the back of a prestigious journal.

Overdose Chronicles

From New Jersey to West Virginia to Mississippi, there are no boundaries in a nationwide epidemic. The opioid epidemic had its roots in a New England medical journal, was set in motion in a Connecticut lab, found its epicenter in West Virginia, and soon spread throughout the country.

Drug Rehabilitation

They’re Not Addicts, They’re Students

From New Jersey to West Virginia to Mississippi, there are no boundaries in a nationwide epidemic. The opioid epidemic had its roots in a New England medical journal, was set in motion in a Connecticut lab, found its epicenter in West Virginia, and soon spread throughout the country.

Into the Field

L. Ron Hubbard essay

Our Biochemical Society

The following is an excerpt from L. Ron Hubbard’s book, Clear Body, Clear Mind, which announced the release of a revolutionary breakthrough known as the Purification Program, a culmination of Mr. Hubbard’s research and discoveries to eliminate the devastating effects of drugs and toxins.

Principle

The Eight Dynamics

Every living thing has one single goal in common—Survival.