Gupta returns to West Virginia to talk drug addiction, treatment issues wvmetronews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvmetronews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PARKERSBURG The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates announced grants Thursday through its spring Community Action Grant Program.
how long are you doing that? probably 20 years. but i ve been sober 19 years. this is my 19th year sober recovery point. yes! [applause] i m so happy you re here. and now i just want to give back to people. i m in the same town that was a casualty of the opioid deck epidemic. i want to get. back i want to show people there s another way to live. at the clarksburg mission where i worked and the recovery ministry that we have. i see miracles every day. i have great open west virginia now. great hope in our nation. as we talk about this. this is a fabulous, to be talk about these things that are often held to be secret. but i hear what you re saying when you say, you know, supply alone, that s not going to do it. but there are a lot of folks in this room who have lost their children who were not using drugs, who weren t long term drug users, someone gave them a xanax.
but you have to either pay for it, or not be covered to your insurance. and oftentimes, if i send patients to get it, some pharmacies don t even stop it, which is a problem. so, when people want to do better and be safe, then their pharmacy may or may not have it. in other states, you have to get a physicians prescription in order to write it. but that s one of the things. it really does depend on where you live. in west virginia, we hope to have over the counter narcan within the next few months. but in the meantime, our staff at the clarksburg mission have been trained to be trainers. and we have an unlimited supply of narcan. so we pass it as much narcan as we can to keep people alive. from a christian perspective, keep them alive until they meet in jesus christ. but certainly, and you had given yourself narcan, it would not her you. so, using narcan doesn t hurt anybody, even if they are not having an opioid a dose. dr. ortenzio and dr. ayana jordan, appreciate so much. i also wa