Opioid Epidemic

Health & Science Eric Douglas, Aug. 18, 2025

State Attorney General Sues Express Scripts Over Opioid Epidemic

The suit alleges the company conspired with opioid manufacturers to deceptively market opioids and manipulate public perception regarding their safety and addictive potential.

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Education Jessica Riley +, Jul. 09, 2025

Politically Connected Program Gets Opioid Funds While Experts Warn It May Not Work

GameChanger, a statewide prevention education program, is funded by the business community, the government and private companies, according to its founder. But they are also being funded by a new source of money: global opioid settlement funds.

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Economy Claudia Di Lima, Jul. 08, 2025

Some W.Va. Counties Pay Jail Debt With Opioid Funds, Citing Budget Strains

Wyoming 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.

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Health & Science Hannah Heiskell, Jul. 07, 2025

W.Va. Counties Set The Rules For Opioid Funds — With No One Watching

An investigation conducted by journalism students at West Virginia University’s Reed School of Media shows the oversight and accountability built into local spending of opioid settlement funds can be markedly inconsistent from county to county.

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Health & Science WVPB Staff, Jul. 07, 2025

Opioid Settlement Fund Distribution And Mental Health Crisis Intervention, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn how opioid settlement funds are getting distributed, plus discuss new ways communities are responding to mental health crises.

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Health & Science Jack Walker, Jun. 30, 2025

With $8.7M Distributed, Inaugural Opioid Settlement Grant Distribution Halfway Done

At a board of directors meeting Monday, the West Virginia First Foundation provided updates on grant funding distribution to community groups that address addiction.

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