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Drugs have decimated communities across the state. Lawmakers are trying to imprison their way out of it.

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Betty Hunter was 12 years old when her mother introduced her to painkillers. By her 30s, her drug problem had turned into a full-blown addiction. When the pill mills shut down, she switched to heroin, then finally to fentanyl, the powerful opioid that has supercharged West Virginia’s overdose crisis. “Fentanyl is a whole other game, because you need more of it,” she said. “I’ve seen people do almost a gram in a shot.” With a gram of fentanyl/…

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Drugs have decimated communities across the state. Lawmakers are trying to imprison their way out of it.

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Dept. of Human Services: Overdose deaths decreasing in WV

There’s been a 32.79% decline in drug overdose deaths in West Virginia, surpassing the national average decrease, according to year-over-year data for the 12 months ending in August 2024 from the West Virginia Department of Human Services. The data also shows a 41.7% decrease in overdose deaths from January to August 2024 when compared to the same period in 2023.

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