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Opioid Settlement Foundation Commits $20 Million To New Program

The organization responsible for West Virginia’s opioid settlement money committed $20 million to an outcomes-based addiction recovery project.

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States Lack Standards for Treating Opioid Dependent Pregnant Women -- Experts Say That's Ok

If you ask state departments, “Are there standards of care that allfacilities treating opioid-dependent pregnant women have to follow?” The short answer…

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Congressman Evan Jenkins Holds Charleston Roundtable to Talk Addiction with Local Experts

U.S. Congressman Evan Jenkins visited Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston today to hold a roundtable with local experts about how best to address…

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Appalachian Clinics Shaping How Best to Treat Pregnant Women who are Addicted to Opioids

A young mom – we’ll call her Patient A – is sitting on a couch holding her infant son at Karen’s Place, the newest in-patient treatment program for…

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