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The Opioid Epidemic: Effects On Recidivism In West Virginia, Emilee Frye, Elizabeth Williams
The Opioid Epidemic: Effects On Recidivism In West Virginia, Emilee Frye, Elizabeth Williams
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The opioid epidemic began in the 1990s with an increased prescribing of opioids across the nation. Between the years 2013 and 2014, opioid overdose death rates began to increase in West Virginia. By the year 2015, West Virginia held the highest number of opioid overdose death rates in the country. In 2021, fatal overdoses claimed more than 1,417 lives in West Virginia and of those 1,417, an estimated 1,201 of them were due to opioid use.
West Virginia had the highest opioid drug overdose rate in the nation and one of the highest incarceration rates for opioid-dependent individuals. West Virginia …