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Tuesday afternoon, summer of 2017: Scotty Hatton and Scottie Wightman made a decision to help someone in need and both paid a price for their actions that day \\u2014 actions that have led to a legal, moral, and scientific puzzle about how we balance accountability and forgiveness.\\xa0
\\nIn this 2019 episode, we go to Bath County, Kentucky, where, as one health official put it, opioids have created \\u201ca hole the size of Kentucky.\\u201d We talk to the people on all sides of this story about stemming the tide of overdoses. We wrestle with the science of poison and fear, and we try to figure out whether and when the drive to protect and help those around us should rise above the law.
\\nSpecial thanks to Earl Willis, Bobby Ratliff, Ronnie Goldie, Megan Fisher, Alan Caudill, Nick Jones, Dan Wermerling, Terry Bunn, Robin Thompson and the staff at KIPRC, Charles Landon, Charles P Gore, Jim McCarthy, Ann Marie Farina, Dr. Jeremy Faust and Dr. Ed Boyer, Justin Brower, Kathy Robinson, Zoe Renfro, John Bucknell, Chris Moraff, Jeremiah Laster, Tommy Kane, Jim McCarthy, Sarah Wakeman, and Al Tompkins.
\\nCDC recommendations on helping people who overdose: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/patients/Preventing-an-Opioid-Overdose-Tip-Card-a.pdf
\\nFind out where to get naloxone: https://prevent-protect.org/. It is also now available over-the-counter.\\xa0(https://zpr.io/SMX9yYDUta7a).\\xa0
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\\nReported by - Peter Andrey Smith with Matt KieltyProduced by - Matt Kielty
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