Opioid Recovery

WVFF Begins Opioid Needs Assessment

The West Virginia First Foundation (WVFF) is launching a needs assessment study to determine the best places and ways to spend opioid settlement money.

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Us & Them Encore: The Stigma Of Sobriety

America’s drug crisis is evolving — and so is the fight over how to define recovery. As medication-assisted treatment gains ground, some question whether it’s sobriety at all. In this encore episode, Trey Kay steps inside a West Virginia recovery mission where faith, medicine and survival intersect.

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Senators Pass ‘Lauren’s Law,’ An Effort To Slow Drug Trafficking

Senate Bill 196, now called Lauren’s Law, increases the penalties for drug trafficking in West Virginia to keep manufacturers from trying to distribute their supply in the state.

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Lawmakers Debate Vaccine Exemptions And Cuts To Medicaid Could Affect Recovery Efforts, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, two lawmakers that are also doctors spoke with Eric Douglas about legislation aimed at providing exemptions to childhood immunizations, and Us & Them looks at the effect of Medicaid cuts on recovery efforts.

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