So, you probably know what people mean when they talk about getting clean.

They mean quitting alcohol and illegal drugs completely.

But in that phrase, quote, getting clean, there's this implication that if you use drugs,

you're dirty.

Body's reporter Hannah Harris Green saw this attitude firsthand this spring when she went

to West Virginia, a state at the center of the overdose crisis.

Not only does West Virginia have more overdoses per person than anywhere else in the country,

but people are reusing and sharing syringes because there aren't enough clean ones.

The needles get rough over time, damaging people's skin and causing infections.

And hepatitis and HIV are spreading faster and faster.

This is a health crisis, but the government doesn't seem to be treating it as one.

Why is that?

Because Hannah learned during her time in West Virginia, it has a lot to do with this idea

of clean versus dirty.

While Hannah was there, she met a person named Lil, who says that the sickness is in the

system, and that their community's survival is on the line.

I'm Allison Berenger, and this is bodies.

Hannah Harris Green is going to take it from here.

And heads up, this episode contains cursing.

Lil's house isn't on Google Maps.

It's in southern West Virginia and an hour from the nearest city.

To get there, you have to drive higher and higher up a mountain road until there's no

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