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Expert economist says opioid abatement plan would cost $2 5 billion

shutterstock.com CHARLESTON – An abatement expert says the total cost for such a plan for Cabell County and Huntington to deal with the opioid epidemic would be at least $2.5 billion. On June 28, attorney Anthony Majestro, representing Cabell County, called George A. Barrett, an expert witness in the field of forensic economics. Barrett said he was asked to calculate the value of total cost of an abatement plan being composed by a group of epidemiologists. That cost would include abatement, inflation and interest to find the total cost. Barrett said this calculation was like a lifecare plan and included specific items, unit cost – medical, social work and specifics to occupational wages – and the frequency of use. He also adjusted items for inflation.

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Proper funds, programs could reduce by half the local impact of the opioid crisis, expert says

HUNTINGTON â While Huntington prides itself on being a city of solutions and recovery, an expert witness at an opioid trial Monday said its resources are far from what is needed to abate the opioid crisis. In fact, Caleb Alexander, a pharmacoepidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who testified at the opioid trial Monday, penned an abatement plan he said would significantly improve the crisis by halving the number of overdoses, deaths and number of people with substance use disorder over the next 15 years by increasing focus on prevention, treatment, recovery and special populations. But to put the plan into effect, the governments need stable, reliable money, which grant funding does not provide.

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Expert says Huntington/Cabell need more sufficient, longstanding treatment programs

CHARLESTON – Testifying in the bellwether opioid trial, a expert witness on pharmaceutical-related abatement programs said he does not believe Cabell County has sufficient treatment programs to fight the opioid epidemic. The City of Huntington and Cabell County sued three of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distribution companies – AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp. – in 2017 claiming the companies are largely responsible for fueling the current opioid epidemic that led the area to lead the nation in prescription opioid related deaths and at one-time being named the “epicenter of the opioid crisis. The federal bench trial, part of a larger national Multi-District Litigation case, resumed June 28 after a weeklong break.

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Civil Fines vs Prison Time: As Opioid Trial Plays Out, Stakes Are Different For Ordinary West Virginians

Civil Fines vs Prison Time: As Opioid Trial Plays Out, Stakes Are Different For Ordinary West Virginians
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Supreme Court partially grants writ by opioid companies regarding state cases

Supreme Court partially grants writ by opioid companies regarding state cases
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