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Ohio Governor Says ‘Total Clarity’ Needed on Drug Sales
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state is proposing new rules requiring drug distributors to report more information about suspicious orders to Ohio regulators and to do it faster. The state… Read More
Ohio Governor Wants Money for Rural Ohio Community Centers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants to provide state money for community centers in rural areas to help fight the state’s opioid crisis. The Republican governor says… Read More
WVU Researcher Links Fentanyl To Particular Form Of Amnesia
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia University neuropsychologist says fentanyl not only puts street drug users at risk for opioid overdoses, it may cause amnesia. Marc Haut, who chairs… Read More
Ohio Lawmakers Apologize For Remarks Against Female Coworkers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers apologized on Friday for offensive remarks they made during a top House staffer’s going-away party that made light of recent sexual misconduct… Read More
Future of Hocking Correctional Unit Discussed at Invite-Only Meeting
By: Susan Tebben
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NELSONVILLE — Opioid addiction, rehabilitation, broadband and job training were all ideas brought up at a meeting to discuss the future of the former Hocking Correctional Unit. U.S. Representative Steve… Read More
West Virginia Overdose Reports Cites Victim Factors
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – State health officials say analysis of West Virginia’s overdose deaths in 2016 “clearly identifies factors” in victim profiles that show opportunities for intervention before other deadly… Read More
Akron Police: School Board Member Overdoses on Fentanyl
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a city school board member overdosed on fentanyl. The Akron Beacon Journal reported Friday that police responded to a call about a man in… Read More
Trump’s First Year Leaves Obamacare on Life Support in Ohio Valley
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Remember the American Health Care Act, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, or the Obamacare Repeal and Reconciliation Act? They were among the many Congressional proposals to end the Affordable Care… Read More
“Hillbilly Elegy” Author Decides Against Senate Run in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The author of the 2016 election-year best seller “Hillbilly Elegy” has decided against joining the U.S. Senate race in Ohio. J.D. Vance said in a tweet… Read More
West Virginia Drug Plan Calls for Limiting Prescriptions
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia health officials have proposed limiting initial opioid prescriptions, increasing oversight to stop inappropriate prescribing and requiring all emergency responders carry overdose antidotes in a… Read More
Advocates Tout Medical Marijuana Bill in Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky are touting its potential as an alternative to ease addiction woes from opioid painkillers. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan… Read More
West Virginia Alliance Pushes Area Growth, Revitalization
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Several higher education institutions in West Virginia have launched an alliance meant to kick-start economic development. The Herald-Dispatch reports the Alliance for the Economic Development for… Read More
Trump Plants Seeds Of Rural Revival With Friendly Farm Audience
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump is unveiling a task force report on reviving rural prosperity at a Farm Bureau convention in Nashville Monday. Rural voters were a key part of Trump’s winning election coalition.
$econd Chance: The Economic Case For Drug Treatment Over Jails
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Imagine living and working somewhere designed to fit a couple hundred people. Now picture that same space crammed with twice that number. Madison County, Kentucky, Jailer Doug Thomas doesn’t have… Read More
Coroner Tracks Even More Overdose Deaths for Columbus Area
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The coroner serving the greater Columbus area says overdose deaths blamed largely on opioids topped the total for all of last year after only nine months…. Read More
Licking County to Start New Naloxone Distribution Program
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NEWARK, Ohio (AP) – Residents in Licking county can get online training about using naloxone and receive the opioid overdose reversal drug by mail through a new program billed as… Read More
Teens: Pretty Sober, Except For The Marijuana And Vaping
By: Angus Chen | NPR
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A national survey finds teen substance abuse at the lowest levels since the early 1990s. But marijuana use hasn’t declined, and the number of teenagers who are vaping is rising quickly.
“Poverty Tour” Brings United Nations Expert To Ohio Valley
By: Nicole Erwin | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Law professor Philip Alston is a United Nations expert on extreme poverty. In his position as a U.N. Special Rapporteur he reports on places where pervasive poverty and human rights issues intersect, places such… Read More
Record Fatal Meth Overdoses In 2017 In West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – State health data shows West Virginia has seen a record number of fatal overdoses from methamphetamine this year, increasing by 500 percent since 2014. The Charleston… Read More
Two More West Virginia Counties Sue Drug Companies
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – Two more West Virginia communities have joined others around the state in suing drug companies over the opioid epidemic. Media report the Berkeley County Council and… Read More
System Identifies Newborns That Need Withdrawal Medication
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) – Doctors at WVU Medicine have developed a uniform system to identify newborns suffering from addiction withdrawal. Berkeley Medical Center Neonatal Clinic Director Dr. Mark Polak told… Read More
Changing Course: A School Cooperative Aims To Remake Coal Communities
By: Jeff Young | Benny Becker | Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Betsy Layne High School serves rural Floyd County in the eastern Kentucky town of Stanville, population 206. Students there produce a video program called “Bobcat Banter” where they usually talk… Read More
More Than 1.5 Million Free Needles Given Out In Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Officials say more than 1.5 million free needles have been handed out to 3,000 drug users in Columbus as health advocates work to stop the spread… Read More
Purple Gala To Benefit Women’s Serenity Grove House
By: Chelsea Sick
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Seniors in the Ohio University nursing program are organizing a gala to bring light to the community’s struggle with the opioid crisis. The Purple Gala will be a night of… Read More
New Effort Underway to Reduce Ohio Prison Population
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State leaders and criminal justice experts are launching a new effort to reduce Ohio’s prison population through an examination of crime, courts, probation and incarceration. A… Read More
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