Primary Source: This video goes through the court system in Boone County, WV. The documentary by NBC features several people who it has affected. It also has stories from people who were addicted to opioids.
Primary Source: This is a PBS news segment. It is filmed in Huntington. It pans over our streets, and people we know are the speakers. It talks of the first responders, the maternity ward in Cabell Huntington Hospital(specifically drug children), foster care, and what has been done to help. It also has why it has hit WV so hard.
Secondary Source: It speaks of the steep incline of overdoses. Health care is gone over, and how that has made it worse in the Appalachian region. It also has ways we can cure this very real disease.
Moody, L., Satterwhite, E., & Bickel, W. K. (2017, April). Substance Use in Rural Central Appalachia: Current Status and Treatment Considerations. In NCBI. Retrieved October 8, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5648074/
Secondary Source: It has a map, and how opioids came to the Appalachian region. It speaks of why opioids became a problem. People wanted to be able to manage their pain.
Issue Brief: Health Disparities Related to Opioid Misuse in Appalachia (n.d.). In Health in Appalachia . Retrieved October 8, 2020, from https://healthinappalachia.org/issue-briefs/opioid-misuse/
Secondary Source: This speaks of how the opioid crisis is a public health emergency. It goes over prescription opioid use, and who is at risk.
Opioid Use in Medicare Part D in States in the Appalachian Region (2019). In Office of Inspector General. Retrieved October 8, 2020, from https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/workplan/summary/wp-summary-0000354.asp
Secondary Source: This has information about how people see addiction, and how it needs to change for more change to happen. It speaks of the decline in the economy, and overdose mortality rates.
Drugs in the Tennessee Hills: The Appalcahian Opioid Crisis (2020, January 23). In Cumberland Heights . Retrieved October 8, 2020, from https://www.cumberlandheights.org/blogs/appalachian-opioid-crisis/
Book: This shows the mentality of those who become easily addicted. It talks of the pharmaceutical companies, and how they are one of the keys to solving this.
Dasgupta, N., Beletsky, L., & Ciccarone, D. (2018). Opioid Crisis: No Easy Fix to Its Social and Economic Determinants. N.p.: American Public Health Association. Retrieved October 8, 2020, from https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304187