This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight visit their website. The nation’s largest opioid distributors are pushing to block testimony from West Virginians who want to speak out about how the addiction crisis has ravaged their communities. The companies’ lawyers say “personal stories of addiction” have no […]
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Five out of every 100 babies born in West Virginia are born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS, the physical effects experienced during withdrawal from drugs. Many of these babies are put into foster care. There are a lot of families stepping up to take them in, but many in West […]
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Joel Segel, Pennsylvania State University; Douglas L. Leslie, Pennsylvania State University; Gary Zajac, Pennsylvania State University; Max Crowley, Pennsylvania State University, and Paul L. Morgan, Pennsylvania State University The devastating health effects of the opioid epidemic have been well documented, with over 700,000 overdose deaths and millions more affected. And […]
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One West Virginia city is trying a new approach to persuade more overdose patients to seek treatment. The idea is simple: Within 24 to 72 hours of an overdose, a “quick response team” fans out into the community and tries to meet with the patient to discuss treatment options. A handful […]
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“We’re faced with an epidemic to opiates and it has affected just about every living room in this community, very much like it has across our entire nation.” –– Charlene Hipsher, Roane County District Attorney General’s Office. The statistics are numbingly familiar. In 2016, more than 64,000 Americans died from […]
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