(The Hill, February 10) Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the company behind the opioid painkiller OxyContin, recently announced that they will stop marketing to doctors. Read more.
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(The Hill, February 10) Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the company behind the opioid painkiller OxyContin, recently announced that they will stop marketing to doctors. Read more.
(CBS News, October 26) Narcan, a nasal spray form of naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses, will now be a little easier to get. Read more.
(Associated Press, August 23) A West Virginia doctor admitted to writing hundreds of prescriptions without seeing any of the patients. Read more.
(Reuters, August 10) President Trump recently declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. Read more.
(WV Department of Health and Human Services, August 10) The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities (BBHHF) today announced $1.6 million in funding for three substance use disorder programs across the state. Read more.