This is a milestone for the Flourishing After Addiction podcast: our first repeat guest! I wanted to have Ryan Hampton back on the pod for a quick hit: to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the controversial bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.
As you may know, the Court rejected the settlement involving Purdue, which shielded members of the Sackler family from lawsuits. I thought there was no one better than Ryan to help us understand this ruling and the broader implications. Tune in for a bite-sized breakdown, and Ryan’s thoughts on what this means about the political landscape regarding addiction policy today.
Ryan Hampton is a prominent advocate on addiction issues, from community-based organizing focused on the overdose crisis to national activities, such as helping to release the first-ever U.S. Surgeon General’s report on addiction. An alumnus of the Clinton White House, had an up-and-coming career in politics until the early 2000s, when he became addicted to OxyContin, then heroin. He entered recovery in 2015 and has written three books since then, Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis, American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It, and the upcoming Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs.
Fentanyl Nation comes out on September 24. Preorder it today so you don’t miss it! I highly recommend it, and I’ll have Ryan back on the show to talk about it in more depth after it comes out.
Otherwise, you can find Ryan at his website, Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. He also works with The Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP), a network of people and organizations across the country advocating for addiction recovery policies.
And, listen to my first conversation with Ryan here!
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