Law enforcement and other first responders often come into contact with people suffering from a cognitive impairment. While many times these people are suffering from a mental health issue or addiction, some may be suffering from dementia. Dementia is different. Equipped, ...
CHARLESTON — Off-label uses of opioid products dominated testimony Friday in the ongoing trial pitting the state of West Virginia against three opioid manufacturers. The lawsuit alleges Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan Finance LLC violated state law when they used marketing strategies to over-supply West Virginia with their products, which allegedly helped fuel the opioid epidemic. Mercer County Circuit Judge Derek Swope, who is presiding over the bench trial, heard from four state witnesses Friday whose depositions ...
Twelve of the 16 protesters arrested last weekend at the Grant Town Power Plant in northern Marion County settled their cases in court hearings Friday, according to a press release from West Virginia Rising, the activist group that organized the gathering. All 16 were arrested this past ...
CHARLESTON — The state alleges drug manufacturers exaggerated the benefits of long-term opioid use in their marketing strategies significantly contributing to the opioid epidemic in West Virginia. Those allegations came in testimony Thursday in the ongoing trial between the state and manufacturers Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan Finance LLC. Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the Medical Director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, testified the manufacturers had several marketing ...
Eight individuals, including seven from Michigan, are being held at the North Central Regional Jail after law enforcement found large amounts of drugs and cash while executing search warrants in two Morgantown residences. The searches were conducted at 938 Fortney St. and 32 Frolic Lane, ...
Two men were taken into custody by Westover Police officers after large amounts of drugs were discovered inside the mini fridge of their motel room. According to criminal complaints, Patrolman Carver of the Westover Police Department was on a foot patrol of the Econo Lodge Motel in ...
