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Millions of people are addicted to opioid pain medication. Some use medication-based treatment for their addiction. But that has created a divide in the world of recovery. We listen to an excerpt from the latest Us & Them, exploring the difference between an early medication called methadone and suboxone, which is often used now.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNearly $18 million in grants have been awarded by the West Virginia First Foundation as part of the Momentum Initiative Grant (MIG) program.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWyoming County is one of the state’s most rural. It’s home to about 20,000 residents, but no hospital and zero certified treatment beds, according to the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy. As the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic raged, Wyoming County had a prescription overdose death rate of 54.6 per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2014 — the highest in the nation.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, we learn how opioid settlement funds are getting distributed, plus discuss new ways communities are responding to mental health crises.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAt a board of directors meeting Monday, the West Virginia First Foundation provided updates on grant funding distribution to community groups that address addiction.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMoney from the lawsuit against opioid distributors AmeriSource Bergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson Corporation is already being distributed to cities and counties around the state by the West Virginia First Foundation. ...
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