Despite research, WV counties refuse to fund harm reduction with opioid funds • West Virginia Watch

Despite research, WV counties refuse to fund harm reduction with opioid funds • West Virginia Watch

On June 6, 2025, Laura Jones goes through boxes of Easy Touch syringes to be distributed by Milan Puskar Health Right in Morgantown, W.Va., which operates one of only three syringe exchange programs in West Virginia. (Ty McClung | West Virginia University)On a warm summer day in late May, about 100 people are waiting for their turn to go inside the Neighborhood S.H.O.P., located in the annex of Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church on the West Side…