MORGANTOWN — Save a Life Day is coming to more than 70 host locations across 17 West Virginia counties to distribute the necessary tools to reverse opioid […]
Tag: opioid epidemic
Morrisey making a mistake by rejecting cut of $26B settlement
At the end of July, three drug distributors and one drugmaker settled with a bipartisan group of states’ attorneys general for $26 billion. Distributors Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen […]
Mon County QRT seeks volunteers, donations for Save a Life Day
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Members of the Monongalia County Quick Response Team will be out in force for Save a Life Day Sept. 25, to teach naloxone administration to anyone […]
Pain research is more crucial than ever
by Faye Flam The damage from the opioid crisis extends beyond the harms of addiction and overdose. Some doctors say it also hurts people with chronic pain […]
SOR program provides transportation for those seeking opioid treatment
MORGANTOWN — Mountain Line CEO Dave Bruffy said the transit authority didn’t initially know what to expect as a participant in the State Opioid Response Program, or […]
Biden picks ex-West Virginia health official as drug czar
President Joe Biden is nominating West Virginia’s former health commissioner as the nation’s top anti-drug official, tapping a doctor who served on the front lines of the […]
Treatment Offers Wave of Hope
WVU Today On the heels of the country’s deadliest year for drug overdoses, the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute launched a first-in-the-world clinical trial to investigate […]
Attorney General Morrisey announces $10 million settlement with opioid industry consulting firm
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General announced Thursday a $10 million settlement with a national marketing firm that helped opioid manufacturers fuel the opioid epidemic. Morrisey said in […]
