![]() Wood County District Library Director Michael Penrod said as sad as it was to acknowledge it deeply affects the Bowling Green community. ![]() ![]() The opioid epidemic sparked by Ox圜ontin has reached across the nation. Heroin dealers were right there to fill the narcotic void. It wasn’t until 2010 that Purdue addressed that problem, and by then, Macy said, it was too late. ![]() It didn’t take long for drug users to figure out that letting the coating dissolve in their mouth or that smashing the pill would instantaneously deliver a full dose. Ox圜ontin, Purdue said, had a time release formula that would prevent addiction. She did complete “Dopesick,” which is a somber look at the opioid crisis from its beginnings with the introduction of what was touted as a wonder drug for pain relief. Macy told an audience of more than 200 in Bowling Green Performing Arts Center Monday night that she had to focus on people like Van Zee otherwise she may not have been able to finish the book. Beth Macy signs a book for Stephanie McGuire-Wise. ![]()
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