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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 32 MIN

A Proven Addiction Medication Nobody Prescribes with Benjamin Westhoff

from Thriving with Addiction with Dr. Jonathan Avery · host Dr. Jonathan Avery

Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative reporter whose books are taught around the country and have been translated around the world, including Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic, the bombshell first book about the fentanyl epidemic. He has advised officials at the top levels of government about the opioid crisis, and been interviewed as an expert commentator on CNN, NPR, and CSPAN, and on full, dedicated episodes of Fresh Air and the Joe Rogan Experience. His new documentary, called Antagonist, is about the suppression of the opioid treatment drug naltrexone (best known as Vivitrol) by big-money interests. He publishes a Substack newsletter called Drugs + Hip-Hop, and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and the Guardian. Follow Thriving with Addiction:www.thrivingwithaddiction.comwww.instagram.com/jonathanaverymdx.com/jonathanaverymdwww.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-avery-md

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Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative reporter whose books are taught around the country and have been translated around the world, including Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic, the bombshell first book about the fentanyl epidemic. He has advised officials at the top levels of government about the opioid crisis, and been interviewed as an expert commentator on CNN, NPR, and CSPAN, and on full, dedicated episodes of Fresh Air and the J...

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