West Virginia’s drug overdose mortality rate is the highest in the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 1,500 West Virginians died from a drug overdose […]
Tag: substance abuse prevention
SOR program provides transportation for those seeking opioid treatment
MORGANTOWN — Mountain Line CEO Dave Bruffy said the transit authority didn’t initially know what to expect as a participant in the State Opioid Response Program, or SOR. “We had […]
Campaign hopes to reduce the stigma of substance use disorder
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Jeri started taking prescription pain pills in her 30s, which “took me down a dark path to other dangerous drugs that nearly took my life.” After getting connected to […]
Game Changers youth substance misuse prevention program plans virtual summits; Justice joins as state ‘head coach’
MORGANTOWN — Game Changers, the statewide substance misuse prevention program for high schoolers, is going virtual this fall with four interactive summits. Game Changer Coordinator Joe Boczek, of Morgantown, and […]
