Saving Grace is a local support group created to help grandparents, kinship, foster parents and adopted families who are raising grandkids or have adopted children due to the opioid crisis. […]
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Opioid peddlers like Purdue don’t deserve a free pass
Those responsible for the scourge of opioid addiction that has torn through communities in Washington and across the nation must be held accountable. Anyone who knowingly contributed to this irresponsible […]
George Floyd and the opioid crisis
by Lauren Trifunovich Courteney Ross, girlfriend to George Floyd, spoke through tears as she sat surrounded by a plexiglass divider in a courtroom April 1 during former Minneapolis police officer […]
Connected epidemics: HIV and opioids
WVU Today Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health crises: Opioids and HIV. Dr. Sally Hodder, a leading infectious disease expert […]
Donor-funded research position curbs disease associated with opioid epidemic
WVU Today As West Virginia became the epicenter of the nation’s opioid epidemic, donor dollars brought Dr. Judith Feinberg to the West Virginia University School of Medicine to expand research […]
Two arrested for fentanyl possession
Westover police arrested two out-of-state residents after officers found more than 30 grams of fentanyl during a traffic stop. Cordell Sain Jr., 29, of St. Claire Shores, Mich., and Brooklynn […]
Researcher to study fentanyl test strips
Method used to see if drugs have traces of opioid WVU Today A West Virginia University researcher will co-lead a study to learn more about the off-label use of rapid […]
More opioid addicts seek MAT during pandemic
QRT pharmacist thinks drive-through gives people privacy Newsroom@DominionPost.com It’s one of the few silver linings that has emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic: The rise in medication assisted treatment (MAT) for […]
Greenmont residents discuss proposed drug house ordinance
After an hour of going back and forth on the pros and cons of a proposed ordinance that would make owners of drug houses responsible for what is going on […]
Training to save lives: WV PEERS members give free naloxone demonstrations
When administered properly, naloxone can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. In an effort to share this life-saving knowledge, members of WV PEERS gave free demonstrations Monday at the […]
