Chief Justice Brent Benjamin on West Virginia’s Drug Problem

Published October 21, 2013

Chief Justice Brent Benjamin on West Virginia’s Drug Problem –

Painkiller Abuse Called an Epidemic in Nevada

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West Virginia is ranked the worst in the country. There is a silver lining to the report, out of the ten indicators that show a state is making progress in battling the epidemic, like available treatment centers and laws to curb drug abuse, Nevada gets …
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Studies: Epidemic of prescription-painkiller ODs

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A. Thomas McLellan, CEO of the Philadelphia-based Treatment Research Institute, said that the city data reflected trends seen recently in a few other places – particularly New Mexico and West Virginia, which have by far the highest overdose death rates …
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54 arrested on 172 drug-related charges in Hinton

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A Hinton native, Mann acknowledged that Hinton — like many small towns in southern West Virginia — is plagued by a drug culture that has resulted in a rise of addiction-fueled crimes. She said Hinton has “changed” in the past years. … She said her …
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