《成瘾年代》（Dopesick）的作者贝丝·梅西（Beth Macy）正利用她的报道经验，试图在弗吉尼亚州一个长期由共和党掌控的选区赢得选民支持。
弗吉尼亚州第六国会选区已有超过33年处于共和党手中，但作为《罗阿诺克时报》资深记者及《成瘾年代》一书的作者——该书生动记录了二十年前席卷阿巴拉契亚地区的阿片类药物危机——梅西有一个改变这一局面的计划。
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, is drawing on her reporting experience to win Virginia voters in a longtime Republican district Virginia’s sixth congressional district has been in Republican hands for over 33 years, but Beth Macy, a longtime reporter with the Roanoke Times and author of Dopesick, a powerful account of the opioid crisis that swept through Appalachia two decades ago, has a plan to change that.
该计划借鉴了她作为记者的经验，即深入该州西部山区的选区进行实地走访，挨家挨户敲门，前往食物救济站，并与退伍军人会面。
The plan, drawing on her experience as a reporter, is to canvass the district in the mountainous west of the state, knocking on doors, going to food pantries, meeting with veterans.
这虽是任何政治候选人可能采取的做法，但梅西有一个独特之处：她随身携带记者笔记本，记录下人们讲述的精彩故事。
It’s what any political hopeful might do, but with a twist: Macy carries her reporter’s notebook and jots down the good stories she’s been told.