A new report highlighted the way millions of opioids flooded small towns in West Virginia over a 10-year-period with ineffective government oversight. Despite the fact that “inordinate volumes of opioids” were flowing into West Virginia between 2006 and 2015, drug distributors continued to fill outrageous orders, and the Drug Enforcement Administration took ineffective measures to… Continue reading DEA, Drug Distributors Failed To Protect West Virginia, Report Says
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There Was Light A Mile Deep: Interview with Poet William Brewer
Someone contacted me when the book came out, who had very recently lost a parent to heroin. She said to me, and I’ve held on to this, “The poems gave me a feeling that I had a place to go.” The West Virginian landscape exists as one of the great splendors of North America, but… Continue reading There Was Light A Mile Deep: Interview with Poet William Brewer
Doctor Stands By Writing More Than 300k Opioid Prescriptions
“I was never charged or ever investigated because I didn’t commit any crimes. I prescribed narcotics to people in pain.” When Dr. Katherine Hoover was working at a pain clinic in West Virginia between 2002 and 2010, she wrote more than 335,130 prescriptions for painkillers, which breaks down to 130 prescriptions each day, seven days… Continue reading Doctor Stands By Writing More Than 300k Opioid Prescriptions
Legal Sports Betting in West Virginia Raises Concerns Among Advocates
“Gambling addiction is a bigger issue than people realize in this state,” said one recovery advocate. The March 2018 passage of a sports betting bill in West Virginia has many residents and lawmakers excited over the prospect of a 10% tax on gross gaming revenue, but for recovery advocates across the state, the bill has escalated… Continue reading Legal Sports Betting in West Virginia Raises Concerns Among Advocates
Man Sets Out On Legal Mission After Seeing Opioids Destroy His Hometown
A West Virginia lawyer is working to hold major opioid manufacturers legally responsible for their role in the epidemic that has ravaged his home state. With record-high rates of overdose deaths and babies born with opioid dependence, Huntington, West Virginia is at the heart of the nation’s overdose crisis. It’s also home to Paul Farrell, a… Continue reading Man Sets Out On Legal Mission After Seeing Opioids Destroy His Hometown