American Opioid

Marjorie is forced to make increasingly high stakes choices that will not only affect her future, but also her son’s. www.americanopioid.org

Marjorie is forced to come to terms with her addiction to opioids. www.americanopioid.org

Marjorie becomes increasingly resourceful, even as setbacks mount. www.americanopioid.org

Marjorie resorts to increasingly desperate measures to access opioids, placing herself and her son in jeopardy. www.americanopioid.org

A five-year-old girl named Jane Merrick, who we met briefly at the beginning of Season 1, is about to be picked up from day care by her parents, just like on any other day. But unlike any other day, they are not going home. Instead, they are venturing deep into the inner sanctum of the opioid crisis. www.americanopioid.org

Marjorie becomes increasingly aware of the fact that her addiction to opioids could jeopardize her job.

Marjorie finds herself in the grip of something she does not understand. But its influence on her behavior is all too real. www.amerianopioid.org

Marjorie takes opioids for the first time. It won’t be the last time. www.americanopioid.org

Marjorie is confronted with undeniable evidence that her son is deaf, and must make a decision that will alter the course of his life. www.americanopioid.org

Matt's mother is informed that her son is special, and believes it. She is also notified that he is deaf, and refuses to believe it. www.americanopioid.org

Welcome to the American Opioid podcast, written and narrated by Jamal Khan. The podcast features a research-backed fictional narrative about the opioid crisis. In this first episode, two young children form their own cozy little world at a day care center, oblivious to an impending crisis that will affect all fifty states. For more information, or to get in touch with the creator of the podcast, check out the website: www.americanopioid.org