Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Tommy, a drug addict in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

00:00 Childhood in Rural West Virginia
02:35 Love, Marriage & Fentanyl Addiction
04:20 Kidnapped, Tortured & Left for Dead
10:37 Living with HIV, Trauma & Loss
17:06 Why Appalachia's Drug Crisis Runs So Deep
23:02 Love, Overdose & Lessons from Survival

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