West Virginia has the highest rate of prescription drug and heroin overdose deaths in the nation, and that rate has quadrupled in the last decade. We have a dire need — for comprehensive, leading-edge patient care, for robust prevention and recovery services, for a new generation of highly trained healthcare professionals across the state and for research a nd outreach with the power to change lives for the better. West Virginians deserve a healthier future. And West Virginia University is stepping up to help answer that call by directing its top research, clinical care and outreach leaders to organize resources against prescription medicine abuse and heroin addiction. GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR A HEA L THIER WEST VIRGINIA .
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