CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s addiction and mental health helpline, HELP4WV, is urging West Virginians to become “Naloxone Heroes” by obtaining free doses of the overdose reversal drug, naloxone.
Thousand of lawsuits filed across the U.S. against drug distributors relating to opioid epidemic
A trial in West Virginia is underway
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Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against drug distributors seeking accountability in the opioid epidemic. A trial currently underway in West Virginia could set the tone for other cases moving forward.
âWe have been ground zero. Itâs no secret weâre number one in overdose deaths, and recent reports from the National Office of Drug Control Policy indicate that overdose deaths are up across the country. But in West Virginia, they re up by 45 percent just in this last year,â Dr. Susan Bissett, President of the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, said.
WEST VIRGINIA â The staff of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, on all of its campuses, showed support for âCollegiate Recovery Dayâ by wearing purple on April 15.
The message was a simple one, âWe support students in recovery and the programs that help them succeed in college.â
The West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network, a program of the Marshall University Research Corporationâs Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia, collaborated with schools and organizations across the state to celebrate National Collegiate Recovery Day on April 15.
Nearly a dozen organizations and institutions in West Virginia participated, including Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College; Bridge Valley Community and Technical College; Concord University; Marshall University; West Virginia State University; West Virginia University; Movable: Narratives of Recovery; the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute; Com
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West Virginia Governor s Office issued the following announcement on Feb. 10.
GOVERNOR JUSTICE: Okay. I sincerely hope everyone is doing as well as they possibly can be. With all that we ve gone through in this State. But I can tell you that the light of the world is shining on West Virginia right now. And if you don t believe that, you re just plain not thinking right.
I d like at this time to recognize some really, really special people, my family. Cathy and Jill are with us tonight and from beyond that, I want to go directly to my cabinet members. You know at this time, it is such a difficult time. You know, we ve got for all practical purposes, all my cabinet members watching virtually. But there is one that is watching from the heavens above, Dennis Davis. A man that we just lost. A man that was in charge of all of our vets in the State. A man, a man s man. That s all there is to it.