Word: appalachia
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...explosive issue here in the southwest Virginia, which like much of Appalachia, had long suffered from a wave of addiction to the drug. More than 100 people gathered at a morning rally in a town park to tell their stories about the prescription drug before moving to the courthouse. In the afternoon, many of them would be in the courtroom, giving victim statements in front of the pharmaceutical executives and the judge...
Those individual costs mounted for communities throughout Appalachia. Federal authorities in Virginia began investigating Purdue about five years ago when crime, addiction and death rates skyrocketed in the mountainous part of the state. "This is a fine of insignificance when we look at the consequences that this drug has had not only in this area but around the country," said Sister Beth Davies, director of the Addiction Education Center in neighboring Lee County. "No one is being held accountable. The penalty in no way fits the crime...
...Appalachia vs. Big Pharm...
...MATTERS Oxy abuse waned with more careful controls, but this part of Appalachia had suffered its share of crime and overdoses. A rally of affected families at the courthouse aims to remind drug companies of their continued responsibility to label and advertise ethically...
...best team in the one that Harvard and the other Ivies play in, while Ohio State is the best in the division that dominates the headlines, newscasts, and water-cooler talk everywhere. I don’t know of any “state” named Appalachia, and while Ohio isn’t exactly big-time in the grand scheme of things, at least it’s literally on the map. On the map, and in I-A football. Why? It’s simple.They’re better than us.So much better, in fact, that...