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The severity of West Virginia’s high overdose mortality rate qualifies the state for more federal funding to fight the opioid crisis.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWhen it comes to decoding the language of the drug epidemic, advocates say compassionate language plays a crucial part in discussing the drug epidemic.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsXylazine is a non-opioid agent linked to a growing number of overdose deaths across the country. As a non-opioid, the drug poses a threat to humans, in part because it does not respond to typical revival methods like Narcan.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFederal authorities are calling the emergence of fentanyl mixed with xylazine a public safety threat.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNaloxone kits will soon be available at West Virginia colleges and universities statewide. West Virginia’s Drug Intervention Institute and the Collegiate Recovery Network have teamed up to supply the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug, often referred to by its brand name, Narcan.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News“There's a clear correlation with regard to the pandemic and the isolation and the inability to access support services for folks who have [substance use disorder],” said West Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Bill Crouch.
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