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“The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose (poisoning) deaths... Since 2000, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rate has more than doubled…”

 

West Virginia had the highest rate (35.5 deaths per 100,000 people) of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2014. 

 

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Sponsored by a grant from the WVCTSI  

 

 In collaboration with the WVCTSI, WVU School of Pharmacy, West Virginia Poison Center, WVU Injury Control Research Center, and WV Office of the Chief Medical Examiner