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WEST VIRGINIA RECORD

Saturday, November 2, 2024

David Hammer News


Local officials right to seek recovery of lost tax dollars

By David Hammer |
MARTINSBURG – According to the Centers for Disease Control, opioid overdose deaths in 2015 killed West Virginians at the rate of 41.5 per 100,000 residents. Lost lives. Shattered families. An estimated millions of dollars in state, county and municipal debt thanks to the highest overdose rate in the country – one that’s three times the national average.