When Jeremiah Samples, senior policy adviser for the Legislature, gave his presentation on West Virginia’s addiction statistics, it was disappointing, though not surprising, to learn the Mountain […]
Tag: harm reduction programs
March 13 letters to the editor
Not enough proof harm reduction works This letter is in response to the editorial published March 5. The editor took great liberty in drawing conclusions about my […]
Council discusses chickens, harm reduction letter
KINGWOOD — Chickens and the harm reduction letter of support were topics of discussion at the Tuesday evening meeting of the Kingwood Town Council. Beginning in January, […]
Harm reduction programs save lives
Last week, Kingwood City Council declined to give Health Right a letter of support to operate a harm reduction and needle exchange program within the town’s limits. […]
City council tables harm reduction letter of support
KINGWOOD — City council members tabled a decision about giving a letter of support to Milan Puskar Health Right until their next meeting. The organization asked council […]
Nov. 14 letters to the editor
New text campaign feeds conspiracies Warning! Do not be fooled by the doublespeak in Secretary of State Mac Warner’s announcement of his office’s new “See Something, Text […]
Think it’s a line of cocaine at that party? Think again
by Robin Abcarian LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, in a house on a Venice canal, three people who reportedly thought they were using cocaine died after […]
Use the opioid settlements to fight the opioid crisis
Makers and sellers of prescription painkillers will soon begin paying out billions of dollars to settle lawsuits that have accused them of fueling the opioid epidemic. Most […]
One step forward, 2 steps back
The good news last week was Milan Puskar Health Right finally received the sharps containers it ordered over a year ago; the bad news was a judge […]
Gov. Justice must veto needle exchange bill
Only Gov. Justice’s veto stands between the people and SB 334, regarding needle exchange programs, and the deaths it may cause. We’re not being melodramatic, though it […]
