Interview with Andy Beshear, October 12, 2018
Project: Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic
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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear discusses his personal trajectory toward realizing the devastating impact opioids have had on the State of Kentucky, the seven lawsuits he has filed against opioid distributors and pharmaceutical companies, and the future of the opioid epidemic and the State of Kentucky.Interview Accession
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Drug abuse--Social aspects. Drug abuse--Treatment. Drug addiction and recovery Drug addiction--Treatment. Drugs--Prescribing. Heroin abuse Intravenous drug abuse Kentucky Medication abuse. Opioid abuse Opioid use Pharmaceutical industry. Politics and government Substance abuse--Patients--Rehabilitation. Substance abuse--Social aspects. Substance abuse--Treatment.Interview Rights
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Beshear, Andy Interview by Nadia Ramlagan. 12 Oct. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Beshear, A. (2018, October 12). Interview by N. Ramlagan. Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Beshear, Andy, interview by Nadia Ramlagan. October 12, 2018, Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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