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 “next wave in the opioid crisis” — fentanyl. Later that year, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued an ...
On Nov. 12, West Virginia introduced its first medical cannabis dispensary: Trulieve Medical Cannabis Treatment Center opened its doors in Sabraton, with plans for sister stores to open in Charleston and Weston soon. Trulieve’s presence marks a major shift in the way West Virginia views ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Zoomed with members of the West Virginia press Thursday and much of the conversation focused on the passage and signing of the bipartisan infrastructure – BIF – bill. “In my view, this is a major win for the country,” she said. ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito came to WVU Monday, along with Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They visited WVU's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) with Director Dr. Ali Rezai to learn about ...
It started out as a picture of a sign — the kind that churches and fast food places have outside, where you place individual letter cards to spell out a message — outside an auto repair shop in Ohio in 2017, then it became a viral meme that still makes its rounds on social media. The sign ...
by Robin Abcarian LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, in a house on a Venice canal, three people who reportedly thought they were using cocaine died after apparently ingesting the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. A fourth person was hospitalized and survived. Stories about ...