Hostility, compassion and role reversal in West Virginia’s long opioid overdose emergency

Abstract Background West Virginia is a largely rural state with strong ties of kinship, mutual systems of support and charitable giving. At the same time, wealth inequalities are extreme and the state’s drug overdose fatality rate stands above all others in the USA at 51.5/100,000 in 2018, largely o...

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Main Authors: Jeff Ondocsin, Sarah G. Mars, Mary Howe, Daniel Ciccarone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-020-00416-w