Overdose

West Virginia also kicks off its new series Coal – A Way Forward with an overview story of what is to come over the next two weeks.

On this West Virginia Morning, we look at politics, opioid overdose prevention, the pandemic, and of course, school.Since the pandemic began overdoses…

One of the angles of the opioid epidemic we don’t often hear about is what happens to the bodies of those who become overtaken by addiction. West Virginia…

County EMS records show Cabell County's overdose totals fell by 41 percent in the first six months of 2018 compared with the same period a year ago.The…

A new study finds that the epidemic of drug overdose deaths in the United States has led to an increase in organ donors. Despite previous stigma attached…

Most people who overdose on opioids have seen a health care provider in the last year, and many had recently been released from jail, according to a new…

We revisit the story of “Steve,” a young New Hampshire man that we met back in the spring of 2016. In our episode called “The Changing Face of Heroin,” we…

Over $1 million in federal funding has been awarded to a project aimed at addressing the opioid crisis in West Virginia.The project is based in southern…

Drug wholesalers sent 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills into West Virginia over six years, according to an investigation by the Charleston…

Authorities say the heroin that led 27 people to overdose in a five-hour span in a single West Virginia city had been mixed with the powerful painkiller…