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100 Days in Appalachia

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They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud.

May 4, 2026 by Alex Acquisto & Taylor Six, Lexington Herald-Leader

Many credit Addiction Recovery Care with playing a key role in their sobriety. But most also said they felt betrayed by the organization.

Health

In Kanawha County, WV, Opioid Settlement Funding for Syringe Services Faces Barriers

November 17, 2025 by Taylor Sisk

In the early afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 17, emergency rooms in Charleston, West Virginia, began experiencing an influx of people in the throes of a drug overdose. By the following morning, some three dozen overdoses had been reported, many resulting in hospitalization and intubation. Emergency […]

Michelle Allen is the career and technical instructor at Robert C. Byrd High School and also runs GameChanger, the school’s prevention education club. Photo by Sam Nichols/West Virginia University
The Price of Recovery

Politically-Connected W.Va. GameChanger Program Receives Opioid Funds Amid Doubts from Experts

July 1, 2025 by Jessica Riley & Drew Solt

On a Tuesday afternoon, Michelle Allen is in her office in an empty Robert C. Byrd High School. Allen is the career and technical instructor at RCB and also runs GameChanger, the school’s prevention education club. In an empty classroom, Allen walks over to a […]

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