Episode 505 – Beth Macy – The Ax Files with David Axelrod

When journalist and author Beth Macy first introduced a book about the opioid crisis in 2014, her publisher and editor dismissed the idea. But Beth continued to follow the story, publishing “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company Addictive America” in 2018. The book has since been adapted into an Emmy-winning Hulu miniseries. Beth talked with David about her upbringing in Urbana, Ohio, the intersection of job loss and opioid use, the stigma of addiction, Trump’s appeal in factory towns old, her thoughts on Purdue Pharma’s Sackler family and her new book, “Elevating Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of the Overdose Crisis.”