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W.Va. Overdose Deaths Decrease Over 12-Month Span
A CDC report says the state’s overdose death rate decreased by more than 3 percent from March 2021 to March 2022. It’s the second largest drop in overdose deaths by state in the country, behind only Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUS Overdose Deaths Hit Record 107,000 Last Year, CDC Says
More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic record in the nation's escalating overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Wednesday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMorgantown Symposium Takes Aim At Fentanyl
Federal and state stakeholders met in Morgantown Thursday to identify solutions to the state’s substance abuse crisis.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHealth Official: Regional Overdose Death Rates Up, But Flattening
Health officials in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia say the number of overdose deaths continued to rise in 2017. The Ohio Valley ReSource's Aaron Payne…
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DEA Targets Opioid Abuse with New Appalachian Field Office
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is targeting opioid abuse in Appalachia by establishing a new field office in Kentucky to oversee a region ravaged by…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVU Economist Estimates Opioid Epidemic Cost State $1 Billion
West Virginia University's chief economist estimates the opioid epidemic has cost the state economy nearly $1 billion from deaths, lost or underperformed…
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