{"id":2409,"date":"2020-03-29T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2020-03-29T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:51:38","slug":"nyt-in-a-town-where-meth-is-eclipsing-opioids-everyone-feels-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/nyt-in-a-town-where-meth-is-eclipsing-opioids-everyone-feels-the-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT: In a Town Where Meth Is Eclipsing Opioids, Everyone Feels the Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243; title=&#8221;NYT: In a Town Where Meth Is Eclipsing Opioids, Everyone Feels the Pain&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">LOUISA, Ky. \u2014 Home deliveries from the local food bank now require a police escort. A shop owner has started to carry her gun to work. And the local constable, who rarely had to pull his weapon in the past, has drawn it a dozen times over the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">All because people hooked on methamphetamine have threatened them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">For years, opioid addiction ravaged Louisa and its neighbors in Appalachia. But the sudden return of methamphetamine \u2014 in a powerful new form \u2014 has brought a sharply different set of problems to this small Kentucky town amid coal mines on the West Virginia border.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/28\/us\/methamphetamine-kentucky-effects.html?referringSource=articleShare\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/28\/us\/methamphetamine-kentucky-effects.html?referringSource=articleShare<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOUISA, Ky. \u2014 Home deliveries from the local food bank now require a police escort. A shop owner has started to carry her gun to work. And the local constable, who rarely had to pull his weapon in the past, has drawn it a dozen times over the past year. 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