heroin and opioid addiction News

New West Virginia Town Files Suit Against Drug Wholesalers Over Opioid Abuse

A southern West Virginia town has joined other communities in seeking to recoup the costs of dealing with opioid abuse. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the McDowell County town of Welch filed a lawsuit Monday against several out-of-state drug distributors. The …

West Virginia Town Sues Drug Distributors Over Costs of Opioid Abuse

A West Virginia town seeking to recoup the costs of dealing with opioid abuse is suing out-of-state drug distributors, and another community plans to file a similar suit. Media outlets report the Mingo County community of Kermit filed a lawsuit …

South Carolina Sees Nearly as Many Opioid Deaths as Traffic Accidents in 2015

Experts are warning about the dangers of opioid and heroin abuse in South Carolina, pointing out that almost as many people die from overdoses of such drugs as are killed in accidents each year on the state’s highways. During a …

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Calls to Expand Help for Heroin Addiction

Limited opioid prescriptions, greater funding for addiction treatment and more support for people trying to stay clean: those are some of the proposals for attacking New York’s heroin and opioid problem released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 9. The …