The opioid crisis is everywhere. Why aren't our treatments for it?

In Appalachia, we’ve felt the opioid crisis in a way that few people outside of the region can really understand. West Virginia continues to have the highest overdose fatality rate in the nation — 90.9 for every 100,000 people compared to the national average of 32.4 — and we don’t have access to the resources […] The post The opioid crisis is everywhere. Why aren’t our treatments for it? appeared first on West Virginia Watch.

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