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One Virginia woman's story of addiction recovery

08:49

July 30, 2025

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 24, 2025. Click here for that audio.

The country’s opioid epidemic of the last generation hit Appalachian Virginia particularly hard. Rural counties are still struggling to recover.

Here & Now's Scott Tong reports on one woman's story of addiction recovery.

This segment aired on July 30, 2025.

Scott Tong Co-Host, Here & Now

Scott Tong joined Here & Now as a co-host in July 2021 after spending 16 years at Marketplace as Shanghai bureau chief and senior correspondent.

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