Paranormal Trail Returns For Spooky Season
The West Virginia Paranormal Trail is back for another season, and there's even a new location this year.
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W.Va. Settling Drug Suit Against 2 More Distributors
Two major prescription drug distributors have agreed to settle a West Virginia lawsuit alleging they fueled West Virginia's opioid epidemic with…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDrug Companies Profit from Opioid Epidemic While Regulators Look the Other Way
Drug wholesalers sent 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills into West Virginia over six years, according to an investigation by the Charleston…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDrug Wholesalers Shipped 780 Million Pain Pills to West Virginia
A newspaper investigation found that drug wholesalers shipped 780 million prescription painkillers to West Virginia over a six-year period.The Charleston…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCompany Shipped Millions of Pills to State
Federal records show a drug company shipped 241 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia over a five-year period.The Charleston…
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13 Million Fewer Hydrocodone Pills Dispensed Last Year
West Virginia pharmacies are dispensing significantly fewer doses of the state's most popular prescription painkiller, hydrocodone.The Charleston…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsManchin Proposes Ban on Zohydro
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has introduced a bill that would force the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw the heavily criticized painkiller…
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