Addiction Treatment

On this West Virginia Morning, the state is looking at a new way to encourage addiction treatment providers to do better, based on how stable and sober their clients are months or even years after initial treatment. We take a closer look at this initiative.

Recovery Advocacy Day at the capitol brought a sharper focus this year on the successes and challenges in helping those struggling with addiction get not just sober, but productive.

The story of Appalachia can’t be summarized in one book, one article or one movie. Our region goes beyond just ill-considered stereotypes.

On this West Virginia Morning, a plan to curb overdose deaths, barriers to treatment, and residents even taking up drug use in the first place and a look at farming in our region, and the question of who will replace farmers when they retire.

Lotus Recovery Centers is set to open new operations in Boone and Morgan counties with major renovations of two existing structures, Gov. Jim Justice announced at a press conference Wednesday.

Lesly-Marie Buer was living and working Colorado when she became interested in substance abuse treatment and harm reduction programs. Buer grew up in East…

It’s been one year since the Paloma Crisis Stabilization & Detox Center opened in Martinsburg. The facility is the first of its kind in the Eastern…

A few weeks ago, community members and physicians gathered for a town hall in Beckley, West Virginia. On the agenda? Whether a new psychiatric clinic…

State health officials say they have received federal approval to expand addiction treatment for West Virginians covered by Medicaid.The waiver from the…

The Ohio Valley’s addiction crisis has brought another health problem, as rising numbers of needle drug users are contracting a serious form of heart…