Advocates try to beat the stigma surrounding addiction
Our President, Dr. Susan Bissett, talks with WCHS TV about WV DII's focus on reducing deaths in the state from opioid and drug abuse....
ADVOCATES FOR DRUG SAFETY
Independent advocates for life-enhancing drug policies and practices.
1,275+
opioid deaths
annually in WV
54
out of every 1000 children in WV impacted by opioids
1,000+
does 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
Murphy Media and WVDII Win Gold Telly for Medication Safety.
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.
