{"id":8606,"date":"2016-04-22T08:08:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T15:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8606"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:08","slug":"april-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/april-22-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise of Heroin &#038; Opiate Addiction, Lawsuits against Corizon Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Watch the entire program with this segmented YouTube playlist:<\/em><br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL0QUHGaLftJigVH8VploxjdrWNk2_-h9L\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with journalist Sam Quinones, author of \u201cDreamland: The True Tale of America\u2019s Opiate Epidemic,\u201d to talk about the rise of heroin and opiate addiction across the United States and its impact on communities throughout New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss the many lawsuits against Corizon Health, the for-profit provider of inmate healthcare in contract with the New Mexico prison system. They also look at Intel\u2019s announcement of massive cuts and what that means for the economy in the Albuquerque metro area and around the state. Finally, an update on recent news concerning the UNM Hospital shake-up.<\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST:<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samquinones.com\/\">Sam Quinones<\/a><\/strong>, journalist, author of \u201cDreamland: The True Tale of America\u2019s Opiate Epidemic\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>LINE PANELISTS:<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Janice Arnold-Jones<\/strong>, former state lawmaker<br \/>\n<strong>Dan Foley<\/strong>, former New Mexico house minority whip<br \/>\n<strong>Tom Garrity<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garritypr.com\/\">Garrity Group PR<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Harry Van Buren<\/strong>, professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgt.unm.edu\/\">UNM Anderson School of Management<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>CORRESPONDENTS:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megankamerick\"><strong>Megan Kamerick<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>HOST<\/em>:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dredlockflaneur\">Gene Grant<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Producer of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahgustavus\">Sarah Gustavus<\/a>. Associate Producer is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmpbskwimmer\">Kathy Wimmer<\/a>. Funding for this program was provided in part by the McCune Foundation Communications Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Episode 942 airs April 22, 2016 at 7:00pm on Ch.5.1<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the entire program with this segmented YouTube playlist: Correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with journalist Sam Quinones, author of \u201cDreamland: The True Tale of America\u2019s Opiate Epidemic,\u201d to talk about the rise of heroin and opiate addiction across the United States and its impact on communities throughout New Mexico. 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