Celebrating A New Pope And The Taste Of Mothman, This West Virginia Week
A new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
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Author Recounts ‘Pill Mill’ Trial In Southern Ohio
The opioid epidemic has long devastated Appalachia. Drug overdose deaths are falling both within West Virginia and the United States, but the epidemic has already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the past two decades — including tens of thousands of West Virginians.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDoctor in Pill Mill Case Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
A West Virginia doctor has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge related to pain pills he prescribed.Prosecutors say 64-year-old Dr. John Pellegrini…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOpioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis?
When health care and law enforcement officials met recently at a health policy forum in Lexington, Kentucky, to share ideas about the opioid crisis,…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsReport Finds Pill Mill Pharmacies Contributing to WV Drug Crisis
Earlier this week the Charleston Gazette-Mail published an investigative report about “pill mills” in southern West Virginia. These are pharmacies that…
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Drug Companies Lose W.Va. Bid to Toss 'Pill Mill' Lawsuit
A Circuit Court judge in Boone County has rejected a drug wholesalers' bid to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses drug companies of flooding West Virginia with…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDoctor Sentenced to 5-Years for Illegal Pain Prescriptions
A Clarksburg pain doctor has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute prescription pain pills.The Exponent Telegram reports…
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