Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business.
In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.
The story's from this morning's New York Times: It's nothing new.
In 2009 Canadian author Naomi Klein published The Shock Doctrine, describing a cycle of breaking things to make a whole lot of money putting them back together again. It's a seminal read.
(And, speaking of books, it's a continuation of the story told by Barbara Kingsolver in her prize-winning novel, Demon Copperhead.)
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