Opioid Settlement

Despite Research, W.Va. Counties Don't Fund Harm Reduction With Opioid Funds

Syringe Service Programs (SSP) are highly regulated in the state of West Virginia, and service providers say it makes it almost impossible to run one. But SSPs are associated with an approximately 50% reduction in HIV and HCV incidence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Examining The Closure Of Another Paper And Opioid Funds And Harm Reduction, This West Virginia Morning

Us & Them host Trey Kay takes a look at the closing of a newspaper in Welch, West Virginia and investigative journalism students examine the use of opioid funds for harm reduction.

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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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Paying Jail Bills With Opioid Funds And Flood Recovery Efforts In Welch, This West Virginia Morning

Some counties are using opioid settlement funds to pay jail bills and in the southern part of the state, the story of one restaurant struggling to recover from February floods.

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