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<title><![CDATA[Sam Quinones - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/38275.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Sam Quinones]]></description><category domain="38275">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Could Pratt's Loss Help Turn Around Los Angeles?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/spencer-pratt-homelessness-conversation-los-angeles?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sam Quinones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former reality TV star lost his bid for Los Angeles mayor, but his blunt talk about meth, fentanyl, and homelessness changed the conversation around what really ails the city.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Super Meth' and the Homelessness Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/contributor-super-meth-isnt-exactly-100100662.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sam Quinones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mayoral debate, candidate Spencer Pratt said'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'super meth'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was driving homelessness'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Los Angeles.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Physicians Get Addicted Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/opioid-epidemic-west-virginia-doctor/586036/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sam Quinones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lou Ortenzio was a trusted West Virginia doctor who got his patients'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and himself'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'hooked on opioids. Now he's trying to rescue his community from an epidemic he helped start.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tijuana: Where the Wall Worked]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/25/us-mexico-border-wall-works-tijuana-218835</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sam Quinones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tijuanans shrug at Donald Trump's proposed wall because they already have two. And, for the most part, they've done the city some good.]]></description>
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