The opioid crisis: Residents in southwest Virginia demand accountability
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Video journalists: Dalton Bennett and Joyce Koh. Senior producers: Jesse Mesner-Hage and Reem Akkad. Photojournalist: Melina Mara. Photo editor: Nick Kirkpatrick. Reporter: Joel Achenbach. Text editor: Ann Gerhart. Senior copy editor: Brian Cleveland. Design and development: Madison Walls and Courtney Kan. Design editor: Matthew Callahan. Additional reporting: Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz, Steven Rich, Andrew Ba Tran, Aaron Williams, Aaron C. Davis. Investigative editors: Jeff Leen and David S. Fallis.
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