Chris Berry Interview

Richmond, VA.—Jerry Barton lost everyone around him to opioids. First he lost his sister. Then his girlfriend. Later, a close friend from suicide stemming from the addiction. This February, he found his childhood best friend dead from an opioid overdose. Before the pandemic and the lockdowns hit, Barton had been 21 months clean from drugs. But the isolation, stress and lack of human connection soon spurred on an itch inside of him.