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SOAR-WV Sues To End State Moratorium On Methadone Treatment
The suit – filed with the help of the ACLU of West Virginia – argues the moratorium violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News‘Normalize Naloxone’: Advocates Push To Save Lives From Overdoses
Harm reduction advocates in Charleston, where the overdose prevention initiative first began, are still keen on the importance of preventing overdose deaths.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFourth Annual Save A Life Day Projected To Surpass Records
More states than ever before will distribute opioid reversal medication for Save A Life Day on Sept 26. Save A Life Day began in 2020 as a pilot project in Kanawha...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEarly Data Shows Dramatic Fall In Overdose Death Rates; Advocates Advise Caution
A Sept. 1 analysis of provisional overdose death rate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a rapid decrease in the number of drug overdose deaths in th...
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Volunteers To Prep Free Overdose Meds For Giveaway
Overdose prevention activists and volunteers in Kanawha County plan to give out thousands of free doses of naloxone as part of national Save A Life Day on Saturday, September 26. The movement began as...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsVolunteers Install Charleston’s Second Sharps Container For Used Syringes
This event comes just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that says the capital city needs more clean needles to curb the spread of HIV, which has gotten worse in recent years.
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