Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reiterated his opposition to a nationwide opioid settlement Wednesday that he said shortchanges the state of West Virginia […]
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AG Morrisey will vote against Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, says opioid funds not proportional to problem
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday he will vote no on confirming Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan, which will allot money to the 50 states […]
Saving Grace Support Group helps families impacted by the opioid crisis
Saving Grace is a local support group created to help grandparents, kinship, foster parents and adopted families who are raising grandkids or have adopted children due to […]
George Floyd and the opioid crisis
by Lauren Trifunovich Courteney Ross, girlfriend to George Floyd, spoke through tears as she sat surrounded by a plexiglass divider in a courtroom April 1 during former […]
What is a harm reduction program? Where addiction meets compassion
We’ve been asked to talk about harm reduction programs. You may have seen the Rev. Zac Morton’s letter to the editor last Sunday or the WVU Today […]
Connected epidemics: HIV and opioids
WVU Today Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health crises: Opioids and HIV. Dr. Sally Hodder, a leading […]
Quick response team stands vigilant against the forgotten epidemic of addiction
MORGANTOWN — While you were busy fretting over the latest COVID-19 news, opiates killed. As you feverishly Tweeted about a stranger wearing a mask incorrectly, someone’s daughter […]
Morrisey and New Mexico AG lead letter to FDA asking about its efforts, mandated by Congress, to combat opioid abuse
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s Republican attorney general has teamed with his Democratic New Mexico counterpart to lead a coalition of 48 attorneys general in a letter asking […]
Pandemic-related unemployment contributes to overdose increase
Isolation, unemployment and disposable income. Bob Hansen, executive director of the Office of Drug Control Policy for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, said […]
Morrisey files suits against opioid distributors Walmart and CVS
MORGANTOWN — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday filed two more lawsuits against opioid distributors. In June he sued Walgreens and Rite Aid in Putnam County Circuit […]
