HUNTINGTON â A federal judge has temporarily halted the implementation of a law that severely restricts syringe exchange programs in West Virginia.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chambers issued the temporary restraining order Monday, prohibiting the state from enforcing Senate Bill 334. A preliminary injunction hearing has been set for July 8, a day before the new law goes into effect. The hearing will determine if the stay will continue throughout the lawsuit.
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia filed a lawsuit Friday in the Southern District Court of West Virginia on behalf of Milan Puskar Health Right, a clinic running harm reduction services, including a syringe program, in Morgantown; Lawson Koeppel, president of the Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition, according to the West Virginia Secretary of Stateâs office; Alina Lemire and Carrie Ware.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Responding to a record number of drug overdose deaths in the United States, Pfizer has made a commitment to Direct Relief to donate 1 million doses of the drug naloxone, which saves lives by reversing opioid overdoses.
The newly committed 1 million doses are in addition to the more than 1 million doses Pfizer has donated since 2017, which Direct Relief has distributed at no cost to nonprofit, community-based organizations across the United States.
Volunteers with the Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition make kits with Pfizer-donated Naloxone from Direct Relief. (Photo: Stephanie Klein-Davis for Direct Relief)
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Region Ten promoting suicide prevention and awareness through drive-by event
Region Ten promoting suicide prevention and awareness through drive-by event By Rachel Hirschheimer | January 29, 2021 at 1:11 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 8:47 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - For the past two years, rates of suicide have been increasing in the United States. Thatâs why Region Ten is raising awareness and helping people who may be struggling.
The organizations were handing out trigger locks, medication lock bags and boxes, medication deactivation bags, and Narcan.
âDuring this time we are asking that everyone does their part to keep their home and their community safe by using the safety devices that weâre giving out today,â Zarina Burdge, prevention program manager with Region Ten, said.