Recovery addicts provide kind of a raw material, a natural resource. These are people who have lived through it, are grateful to still be alive, are very, very energized, very optimistic, very

creative.

Kentucky was one of the first states to be devastated by the opioid crisis, but there are signs

the bluegrass state is beginning its comeback.

In this episode, we speak to an investigative journalist about the quiet revitalization taking

route in eastern Kentucky and what small towns can do to spur homegrown investment.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley.

It's Saturday, February 24th, and this is Morningwire.

Joining us to discuss the Quiet Revolution emerging in Kentucky is journalist and author Sam

Kignonez. Sam, thanks so much for coming on. Kentucky is journalist and author Sam canyones.

Sam, thanks so much for coming on.

My pleasure.

Thanks for having me.

Now, before we jump into what's happening in Kentucky, can you talk a little bit

about how you got into covering the opioid crisis?

Yes, I've been a reporter 37 years. At one point I lived in Mexico for 10 years.

I was a freelance writer down there, wrote two books about the country.

I came back to the United States and found a job with the L.A. Times.

I'm from Los Angeles, so it's kind of my hometown paper.

While there this was 2005, 6, 7 right in there.

The drug wars between the drug cartels in Mexico erupted and I was very shocked to see that.

Live 10 years in Mexico never saw anything like what began to happen down there.

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