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  2. Here's why the opioid epidemic is so bad in West Virginia ...

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    The current opioid epidemic has plagued the entire US. But it has hit one state harder than the rest — West Virginia. West Virginia had the highest drug-overdose death rate in the US in 2014 ...

  3. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the opioid epidemic was killing on average 10.3 people per 100,000, with the highest rates including over 30 per 100,000 in New Hampshire and over 40 per 100,000 in West Virginia. [63] Purdue, which heavily promoted oxycodone, increasing their earning to US$35 billion by 2017.

  4. Drug overdose deaths fall in 2023 for 1st time since pandemic ...

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    The report found that West Virginia was the state with the highest rate at 81.9 deaths per 100,000 while Nebraska had the lowest rate at 9.0 deaths per 100,000. ... the overdose death rate from ...

  5. Heroin(e) - Wikipedia

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    The documentary centers on the opioid epidemic, specifically its effect on Huntington, West Virginia, where the overdose rate is 10 times the US average. [2] It follows police, judges, and local nonprofits attempting to help people who struggle with opioid addiction and bring them to recovery as the city grips with a growing number of heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses, and ...

  6. U.S. drug distributors prevail in $2.5 billion West Virginia ...

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    (Reuters) -Major U.S. drug distributors McKesson Corp, AmerisourceBergen Corp and Cardinal Health Inc are not responsible for fueling an opioid epidemic in a part of West Virginia, a federal judge ...

  7. United States drug overdose death rates and totals over time

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    Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people.[3]The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals.

  8. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...

  9. Drug distributors face off against West Virginia in billion ...

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    The three largest U.S. drug distributors, who are accused of helping fuel the opioid crisis that has resulted in nearly 500,000 overdose deaths in the United States, will defend themselves in a ...