Labor Dept. Awards $2.4M in Funding for Employment, Training Services to Combat West Virginia Opioid Crisis
February 01, 2022
February 01, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022:
In the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of fatal overdoses in West Virginia has nearly tripled, nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances including opioids. Nationally, the CDC estimates 91 of the more than 140 Americans who die each day from drug overdose fall victim to opioids.
To help combat the stat . . .
In the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of fatal overdoses in West Virginia has nearly tripled, nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances including opioids. Nationally, the CDC estimates 91 of the more than 140 Americans who die each day from drug overdose fall victim to opioids.
To help combat the stat . . .