This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. After years of leading the nation in overdose death rates, Ohio Valley communities are looking for new ways to deal with the addiction crisis. A national nonprofit organization promotes and partners with programs that do just that. The Addiction Policy Forum […]
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I recently had the honor of attending the grand opening of the newest Volunteers of America Recovery Community Center in Manchester, Kentucky. This is only the fourth of its kind in Kentucky and offers a safe, welcoming place for those battling addiction. Kentucky has been hit hard by illicit drug […]
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This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded more than two million dollars to expand addiction treatment and recovery resources for women in rural regions of the Ohio Valley hit hard by the opioid crisis. Ohio University received $1,100,000 for the Appalachian Recovery […]
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On the Lonely Drop Box’s website, eight red dots mark where Southwest Virginia residents can find pharmacies with permanent drug drop-off boxes. Those dots — along with 17 blue dots representing law enforcement agencies with drop-off sites — are surrounded by gray markers showing pharmacies that don’t collect unwanted or […]
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Wendy Crites is a single mom, a Christian and a recovering addict in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. She’s on parole and receiving substance abuse treatment through the Jefferson Day Report Center. Crites has been using drugs since she was 13, intravenously since she was 15. “Everyone has some […]
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