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Inside the Opioid Epidemic: WBTV

Brand Builders | Ward Blanchard
January 8, 2018June 23, 2026

Ward Blanchard was interviewed for a powerful series of 6 short TV segments on WBTV’s Channel 3 in Charlotte called, “Inside the Opioid Epidemic” in November. Ward’s piece was in episode 3, “it’s all around us.

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