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Did 780 Million Opioid Pills, Or 421 Pills For Every Resident, Flow Into West Virginia? Basically, Yes.
The opioid epidemic has raged across the United States in recent years, but it has affected West Virginia more…
An Opioid Success Story: Efforts To Minimize Painkillers After Surgery Appear To Be Working
The opioid epidemic has been wreaking misery and death across the nation for years. In 2017 alone, opioid…
New Federal Data Confirms What We Already Know: Opioid Distributions Inundated Appalachia
On Monday, a federal district judge ordered the release of a government database that tracks the shipments of…
‘They Are Invisible’: Rural Homelessness, Made Worse By Opioid Crisis, Presents Special Challenges
This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Charles “Country” Bowers takes long, quick strides down a…
Fentanyl-related Deaths Are the Highest in W.Va. This Is What They’re Doing about It.
West Virginia has the highest per-capita drug-overdose death rate in the country. And while the Centers for Disease…