{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Republicans Win?","description":"Over less than 25 years, the opioid epidemic killed over 800,000 Americans. These deaths and the resulting economic and political ramifications were unequally distributed across the country. Some places were ravaged, others barely noticed what was happening. In this episode, host Jerusalem Demsas is joined by economist Carolina Arteaga to unpack new research linking the opioid crisis to increasing vote share for the Republican party. They dig into how a public-health catastrophe came to...","author_name":"The Argument","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5173020-the-argument","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43734807/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}