W.Va. To Host First Spartan Trifecta In U.S.
Some 8,000 athletes from around the world will converge on West Virginia next month for the first Spartan Trifecta World Championship to be held in the U.S.
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The Needle and the Damage Done
Us & Them: His Name's DJ
We revisit the story of “Steve,” a young New Hampshire man that we met back in the spring of 2016. In our episode called “The Changing Face of Heroin,” we…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLeap Of Faith: Religious Communities Reconsider Needle Exchanges
Sitting on top of the Bible on Pastor Brad Epperson’s desk at the Clay City First Church of God is a list of goals for his small congregation written in a…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLaw Regulating Addiction Treatment Programs Takes Effect
Programs that use medication to treat substance abuse are now more tightly regulated under West Virginia law.The law endorsed by Democratic Gov. Earl Ray…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsObama to Announce $1.7 Million for Drug Abuse Treatment in West Virginia
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and Senator Joe Manchin join President Obama at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Georgia Tuesday.…
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Should Users Be Armed with Anti-Overdose Drugs?
Community members met in Ohio County this week to talk about developing a program that would allow non-professionals to administer life-saving drugs to…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCabell County Overdose Death Toll Rises
Seventy people in Cabell County died in 2015 of drug overdoses.WSAZ-TV reports that the numbers were tallied by the city of Huntington's Office of Drug…
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