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One Virginia woman's story of addiction recovery

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 article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Scott Tong