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Opioid Emergency
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Overdose Incidents Rose Sharply Around Ohio Valley During Pandemic
This piece was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Emergency response data from across the Ohio Valley show…
Federal Opioid Strikeforce Indicts More Than A Dozen Ohio Valley Doctors
This article was originally published the Ohio Valley ReSource. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday more…
Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis
Health officials in the Ohio Valley are investigating outbreaks of disease associated with needle drug use in what…
The Poison We Pick
This nation pioneered modern life. Now epic numbers of Americans are killing themselves with opioids to escape it.…
Painful Lessons: Using Data On Overdose Deaths To Combat Opioid Crisis
The Ohio Valley’s numbers on the opioid crisis are grim, especially so in West Virginia, which has the…
Trump Renews Opioid Emergency As Democrats Seek More Funding For Crisis
The Trump administration has extended its public health emergency on the opioid crisis. The move came just days…