Opioids

Senators Discuss Opioid Treatment Program Legislation

On this episode of The Legislature Today, legislation to outlaw opioid treatment programs that distribute methadone without offering integrated care in West Virginia, Senate Bill 204, is making its way through the West Virginia Legislature. Emily Rice brings us this story. Also, Assistant News Director Maria Young talks with Sens. Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, and Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, about the bill.

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W.Va. Overdose Death Rates Fall By 38%

The opioid epidemic’s hardest-hit state in the union continues to outpace the nation’s declining overdose death rate. ...

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First Foundation Offers Another Chance For Prevention And Recovery Grants

The foundation responsible for distributing West Virginia’s opioid settlement funds is giving applicants a second chance to obtain funding to fight the state’s drug epidemic.

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Marshall Health Continues Clinical Trials To Better Treat Neonatal Opioid Withdrawals

A new clinical trial at Marshall may provide help for babies born after being exposed to opioids using a non-opioid medicine.  Twenty-four eligible newborns at the Marshall Health Network’s Hoops...

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