by Hollis Lewis There are bipartisan efforts to increase West Virginia’s economic development. These efforts were reflected by our politicians, educators and business leaders successfully persuading LG, […]
Tag: substance use disorder
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid Pt. 3
Good: SB 124 to require schools to create an age-appropriate dating/sexual violence prevention program for grades 7-12. There are a lot of things the Legislature is doing […]
No more empty seats at our holiday tables
by Ellen Glover Where I live, the seasons change fast. We’ve barely put away our jack-o’-lanterns in Kansas City when a cold wind blows in from the […]
Mullins named deputy secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Bill J. Crouch, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Tuesday announced the appointment of Christina Mullins as his deputy secretary […]
Addiction is not a moral failure
There are many stigmas around addiction. The most harmful one, though, may be that addiction is a moral failure. That succumbing to the siren’s call of drugs […]
March 6 letters to the editor
Newspaper critical of Trump but not Biden I read with interest the editorial “Russia wages war on more than Ukraine” (DP-02-26-22) and the obvious lies put forth […]
Save a Life Day Saturday in Mon County
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Sam Shawish used substances and got clean a few times, once for more than two years. But a little over a year ago, on Sept. 4, […]
Meeting them where they are
WVU Today About 90% of Americans who need treatment for a substance use disorder don’t get it. West Virginia University researchers have developed a program that allows […]
W.Va. pilot program focuses on treatment for pregnant, postpartum women
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Behavioral Health was awarded one of four grants under the State Pilot Grant Program […]
Health Right hopeful public sharps containers will be up soon
MORGANTOWN — In October of 2019, former Milan Puskar Health Right Peer Recovery Coach Dani Ludwig approached Morgantown City Council about the placement of sharps containers in […]
