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# Recovery
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/life-heart-land/episode/recovery-fom9o6/
- Published: 2024-10-01T13:45:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:54:14.000Z
- Description: Virginia has seen a spike in opioid-related deaths in the past several years.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Life In The Heart Land, Season 2, Episode 4, #ZZZ_Episode_2ebc2af2-cd94-496f-b431-6312da8e2150, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_54fb63ef-da75-4b1a-8ced-f3de36413496, #v1.16

Virginia has seen a spike in opioid-related deaths in the past several years. Counseling and other support centers struggle to meet the demand. We hear the stories of individuals in recovery in twelve-step and other programs as we explore the question of why addiction is such a hard problem to eradicate, by asking the people who have been through it themselves.