Posted on Jul 30, 2019
Opioid crisis reaches all corners of West Virginia, leaving few untouched
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West Virginia leads the nation in drug overdose death rates. With an average of 57.8 deaths per 100,000 residents, the state's drug fatality rate was nearly three times higher than the national average of 21.7 deaths.
Opioid crisis reaches all corners of West Virginia, leaving few untouched
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Well at Least Now I have a Better Understanding why they made the Base I was on in Sugar Grove, WV into a Drug Treatment Facility.
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When you go to a doctor's office and the first question they ask is are you in pain, they're already prescribing you a pain pill in their minds. We need to get out of the business of trying to make every pain free. Second, stop prescribing more than a few pills to get you over the hump. I had deviated septum surgery last year and I was given 30 days of Oxycontin pills for pain. I took one and that was it - they made me to loopy to continue taking them. I took the pain and help plenty of help from ice packs. But, we've grown into a society riddled with pain and we look for the quick fix to get us over that pain. The big Pharma companies are the ones that got us addicted to this type of treatment but they're aren't being held accountable enough.
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