Politically-Connected WV GameChanger Program Receives Opioid Funds Amid Doubts

Politically-connected WV GameChanger program receives opioid funds amid doubts

West Virginia will receive an estimated $980 million over the next 17 years from a global settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by states, counties and cities across the country against opioid distributors, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and others, in the wake of the country’s opioid epidemic. At least six counties are using some of that funding for GameChanger, a statewide youth prevention education program. But some experts sa…

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