web01.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:07:04 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Oxycontin” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/oxycontin Tue, 09 Nov 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com Episode 64: Solving the Opioid Crisis ft. Percy Menzies https://exhaust.fireside.fm/64 0bac9aa8-534b-478e-806f-9bd768fc9bc3 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Emmet sits down with Percy Menzies of Assisted Recovery Centers of America to talk about the opioid epidemic in America. Percy walks through the history of opioids, how OxyContin changed everything, and how fentanyl has changed everything again. He and Emmet discuss misunderstandings about addiction, the forces aligned against solving the crisis--including the methadone lobby--and more. 54:34 yes Emmet sits down with Percy Menzies of Assisted Recovery Centers of America (https://www.arcamidwest.com/) to talk about the opioid epidemic in America. Percy walks through the history of opioids, how OxyContin changed everything, and how fentanyl has changed everything again. He and Emmet discuss misunderstandings about addiction, the forces aligned against solving the crisis--including the methadone lobby--treating the whole person, and more. If you'd like to get in touch with Percy with questions, comments, or support, you can reach him here: pmenzies [at] arcamidwest.com. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: Ugly Truth (Concrete Foundations Forum, Hollywood, Ca. September 23, 1989) by Soundgarden. opioid, sackler, oxycontin, fentanyl, heroin, addiction, drug treatment, crime, dopesick, opioid crisis, drugs, war on drugs, methadone Emmet sits down with Percy Menzies of Assisted Recovery Centers of America to talk about the opioid epidemic in America. Percy walks through the history of opioids, how OxyContin changed everything, and how fentanyl has changed everything again. He and Emmet discuss misunderstandings about addiction, the forces aligned against solving the crisis--including the methadone lobby--treating the whole person, and more.

If you'd like to get in touch with Percy with questions, comments, or support, you can reach him here: pmenzies [at] arcamidwest.com.

Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

Closing Song: Ugly Truth (Concrete Foundations Forum, Hollywood, Ca. September 23, 1989) by Soundgarden.

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If you'd like to get in touch with Percy with questions, comments, or support, you can reach him here: pmenzies [at] arcamidwest.com.

Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!

Closing Song: Ugly Truth (Concrete Foundations Forum, Hollywood, Ca. September 23, 1989) by Soundgarden.

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