Rick Van Warner is a thirty-year veteran of journalism, crisis management, and media relations. His book, On Pills and Needles, is a result of his feeling compelled to share his personal story to help other families after recognizing the endemic nature of the current opioid addiction epidemic. A graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he began his career as a daily newspaper reporter. He also volunteered as a social worker within the New York State youth-justice division, where he counseled teens confined to group homes after committing serious crimes.
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When Rick Van Warner found himself searching abandoned buildings and dangerous streets looking for his missing son, he had no idea that the synthetic, pill-form heroin that had snared his teen was already killing so many. In the years of pain and heartach... SEE MORE