Officers with the Westover Police Department recovered several types of controlled substances and a loaded gun at a Holland Avenue apartment early Tuesday morning. According to WPD […]
Tag: overdose
One jailed, one dead after child reports drug overdose
A Morgantown man is being held at North Central Regional Jail after State Police responded to a double overdose report last weekend that was allegedly called in […]
Morgantown reports spike in overdoses
BY MIKE NOLTING Morgantown officials report a spike in overdoses and two suspected deaths associated with the surge. On Friday night, five overdoses were reported, including two […]
Zombie drug ‘tranq’ hits streets of West Virginia
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — U.S. Attorney Bill Ihlenfeld says he fears a powerful drug that’s turning fentanyl addicts into “zombies” will lead to more overdose deaths […]
The end of ‘harmless’ recreational drug experimentation
by Robin Abcarian This is shocking: Poisoning by illicit fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for adults aged 18 to 45 in the U.S., says […]
Families talk deaths from fentanyl
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — Those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl refuse to consider their loved one’s death an overdose. Several appeared alongside West Virginia […]
Strike force makes signifcant drugs seizures along W.Va. highways
CHARLESTON — The American Governors’ Border Strike Force, signed by Gov. Jim Justice and 25 other states on April 19, successfully seized 6 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.06 […]
Gupta meets with leaders on front lines of OD epidemic
CHARLESTON — Last week, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta traveled to the state to meet with local, state and […]
Mon County Quick Response Team offers free naloxone and training for ‘Save a Life Day’
In September 2021, members of the Monongalia County Quick Response Team (QRT), along with dozens of volunteers, distributed more than 700 two-dose kits of naloxone for free […]
Drug crisis worsens in West Virginia
In March 2017, a House of Representatives subcommittee held a hearing on the drug problem in America. The hearing focused on what committee members identified as the […]
