On Thursday, the White House unveiled the first act in its effort to fight the opioid epidemic by harnessing the power of digital media and cable TV. A partnership between the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Truth Initiative, a nonprofit previously focused almost exclusively on […]
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Growing Opioid Crisis Spawns Unintended Victims: Teens
With just under 2 million residents, West Virginia is relatively small in comparison to other states, ranking 38th in population size. And yet, the mountainous region is ranked among the top states most affected by the opioid crisis. A national crisis, the opioid epidemic has prompted public outcry for action, […]
Read More‘Dreamland’ author Sam Quinones: Appalachia was ‘the canary in our societal coal mine’ for opioids, Trump
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, data journalists, political analysts, armchair pundits and average voters all scrambled to find some way of explaining the Washington outsider and billionaire businessman’s surprise victory over favored Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Was it the turnout of Women, Hispanic or Black voters? Had the Democratic Party […]
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