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1,275+

opioid deaths

annually in WV

out of every 1000 children in WV impacted by opioids

1,000+

doses of Naloxone distributed in 48 WV counties since May 2021

60%

increase in overdose deaths in WV in 2020

40,000+

WV households educated in 2020 by WVDII

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Murphy Media and WVDII Win Gold Telly for Medication Safety.

NEWS & EVENTS.

May 19
1 min

DII teaming up with local health groups to increase naloxone kits, training in state

By Amanda Larch For HD Media CHARLESTON — A collaboration between the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, AETNA Better Health of...

May 18
1 min

Nashville, TN Overdose emergency kits going into 30 downtown bars

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – According to the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD), 142 people died from suspected drug overdoses in the...

May 17
3 min

Organizations Collaborate to Provide Emergency Opioid Response Boxes and Naloxone Throughout WV

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Susan Bissett, President Drug Intervention Institute (304) 941-4182 susan@wvdii.org Organizations...

Generation RX

The WV DII, in collaboration with the University of Charleston, has partnered with both Kanawha and Putnam County Schools to implement and deliver a prescription abuse prevention initiative using Generation Rx.

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