Responding to the Opioid Crisis in West Virginia

A staffmember at Milan Puskar Health Right sees a patient at the clinic located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The clinic has a comprehensive harm reduction program and has received donated naloxone from Direct Relief.

One free clinic located in the epicenter of the opioid crisis has gone above and beyond to save lives and connect those with substance use disorder to lifesaving resources, including opioid-overdose-reversing naloxone.

This video, produced by Pfizer and Direct Relief, highlights the efforts of Milan Puskar Health Right, a free clinic that offers harm reduction services in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The state has the highest opioid overdose death rate in the U.S., according to 2021 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To address demand, the clinic has expanded to offer comprehensive harm reduction services, including the distribution of naloxone to those with substance use disorders and their families.

Over the past five years, more than 2.6 million doses of naloxone have been provided at no charge to organizations in all 50 U.S. states and three territories.

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