New Battlefield Site Replacing Dilapidated Harpers Ferry Buildings
Five derelict buildings in Harpers Ferry are being torn down beginning this month. A new battlefield landscape will take their place.
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Manchin Backs Prescription-Only Cold Medicine to Stem Meth
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is calling on state lawmakers to make certain cold medicines used to create methamphetamine available by prescription only.In a…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenator Who Backed Pseudoephedrine Restrictions Reacts to CVS Ban
Two major retailers in West Virginia announced this week they would no longer be selling some over the counter cold medications in their stores. CVS…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCVS Stops Some Pseudoephedrine Sales in W.Va.
After a bill to make pseudoephedrine available only through a doctor's prescription died on the final night of the legislative session this year, two…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPseudoephedrine Sales Decline in W.Va.
Pseudoephedrine sales in West Virginia are down 30 percent this year compared to the same five-month period in 2013.Data from the NPLEx tracking system…
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W.Va. House Panel Limits Cold Medicine Buys for Meth Production
A state bill would no longer change West Virginia law to require prescriptions for cold medicines that are used to make methamphetamine. Instead,…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPharmaceutical Industry Fighting W.Va. Prescription-Only Pseudoephedrine Bill
The pharmaceutical industry is mounting a media blitz against a West Virginia bill requiring prescriptions for cold medicines. The Consumer Healthcare…
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