Dopey 346: Fentanyl Dreamland with Sam Quinones, Erin Khar, heroin, meth, coke,

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2022

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author - Sam Quinones. Sam comes on to tell us all about the current climate of struggle around the fentanyl epidemic and it's impact on America. Sam initially made a huge impact on the addiction/recovery community with his award winning book; Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. His most recent book is called 'The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth' PLUS Dopey super friend, unlicensed advice columnist and Strung Out author, Erin Khar joins us and we hang out and read emails! PLUS much more on a very special new episode of the old Dopey show!

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0:00.0	Hey hey hey hey!
0:10.0	It's time for Joe.
0:13.0	And I want a single song for you.
0:17.0	And Chris can show you a big or two.
0:22.0	You have some fun now with me and all the gang.
0:27.0	Learning from each other while we do our thing.
0:32.0	No no no no, don't have a good time.
0:39.0	Daily life's coming at you, music is falling.
0:42.0	You're not terrible.
0:43.0	You better learn something before you die.
0:45.0	Hey hey hey!
0:47.0	No no no no no no, don't have a good time.
0:53.0	No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!
1:00.0	This episode of Dopey is brought to you by our friends at Oro Recovery, located in
1:09.0	sunny Southern California in Malibu and Silver Lake and somewhere in Western Los Angeles.
1:15.0	Oro was created by our friend Bob Forest and his friends Evan Jared and Bob.
1:21.0	They're a mission to create a treatment that helps alcoholics and addicts using connection
1:26.0	and compassion rather than control.
1:29.0	They have many many many decades of experience in treating co-occurring mental health disorders,
1:35.0	including SMI and they make sure that your detox is as comfortable as possible,
1:42.0	which is so important when you're kicking horrible drugs like heroin and crack and meth and fentanyl,
1:49.0	whatever.
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