The Parham Papers: How Virginia’s Recovery Housing Network Got Too Close for Comfort
The Parham Papers, is the work of private investigator-turned-journalist Christa Motley. Since 2022, she’s been documenting how the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR), the state’s accrediting body for sober living programs, operated in the shadows,...
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