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Feds: Pharmacy Ignored Red Flags When Filling Prescriptions
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they’ve suspended a West Virginia pharmacy’s registration for improperly dispensing prescription drugs. U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart announced the suspension against Oak Hill Hometown… Read More
Ohio Governor: ‘No Doubt’ Drugmakers Caused Opioid Crisis
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says evidence made public over the past two weeks makes clear that drugmakers were responsible for the U.S. opioid crisis. The Republican… Read More
Ohio-Based Drug Company, 4 People Indicted in US Painkiller Probe
By: Dan Sewell | Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A wholesale drug distributor linked to the flood of opioids into Appalachia and two of its former executives were charged with conspiring to illegally distribute millions of… Read More
Buried in Opioids, Sickened Community Eyes Drugmakers’ Role
By: Angie Wang | John Minchillo | Associated Press
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JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107 opioid pills per resident were distributed over a seven-year period in this rural Appalachian county. The… Read More
New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Two newly released sets of government data show that the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis may finally be dropping and also reveal the scale of the pain pill… Read More
Released Data Shows Spread of 76 Billion Opioid Pills
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Newly public federal data shows how drug companies increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as a national addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. The… Read More
Heartland High: Ohio’s First School For Students With Addiction
By: Paige Pfleger | WOSU
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Bouncing on a purple exercise ball, Alyssa talks to her new teacher about what classes she needs to graduate. “There’s a Psychology 1 as an elective, I would take that,… Read More
“They Are Invisible.” Rural Homelessness, Made Worse By Opioid Crisis
By: Mary Meehan | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Charles “Country” Bowers takes long, quick strides down a worn dirt path and is soon in front of a thicket of bushes made deep and tall by spring rains. He’s… Read More
Drug Company Gilead Gives $11M To Halt Hep C Rise In Ohio Valley
By: Lisa Gillespie | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Drug maker Gilead Sciences will give $11.3 million to help prevent and treat hepatitis C in Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. That money is part of a five-year project aimed at… Read More
Drug Distributor And Former Execs Face First Criminal Charges In Opioid Crisis
By: Richard Gonzales I NPR
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A DEA official said the indictments are meant to send “shock waves” through the pharmaceutical industry to remind it of its responsibility to help control prescription medications.
County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America’s Prime Centers For Opioid Detox
By: Eric Westervelt | NPR
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The National Sheriffs’ Association has published a detailed guide to jail-based medication-assisted treatment. States hardest hit by opioids are moving fastest to get inmates the help needed to quit.
Filing: OxyContin Maker Forecast ‘Blizzard Of Prescriptions’
By: Associated Press
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BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office will host a Parent Support Group for parents who have experienced a child suffering from addiction. Questions may be directed to Becky Filar at (740)592-3208.
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office started the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office started the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office began the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office started the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office started the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office started the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office began the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Parent Support Group
The Athens County Prosecutor’s Office began the parent support group to offer help for parents that have children battling an addiction or are currently in recovery. The group meets for… Read More
Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis
By: Roxy Todd | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Health officials in the Ohio Valley are investigating outbreaks of disease associated with needle drug use in what is emerging as a new public health threat from the region’s… Read More
Data Fix: Cities Seek Better Information On Opioid Epidemic
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Paramedics and police are already in the hotel room when Kyle Simpson walks in. “What happened?” he asks. A 37-year-old man in the room is barely conscious–just revived by the… Read More
Working With Addiction: A Popsicle Plant Helps To Lick The Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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If you’ve ever enjoyed a Budget Saver twin popsicle on a hot summer day, you can thank the employees of the Ziegenfelder frozen treat factory in Wheeling, West Virginia. Floor… Read More
Lazarus Drug: The Medicine Saving Lives Amid The Opioid Crisis
By: Aaron Payne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The sound of sirens in Cabell County, West Virginia, has a good chance of indicating an overdose these days. The county’s Emergency Medical Service had responded to 622 overdose calls… Read More