Key points
The CDC Injury Center prioritizes funding for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, and suicide. This page shows how funds were appropriated in the state of West Virginia in FY23.
Overdose prevention funding - West Virginia
There were 107,968 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 (34.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 1.2% increase from 2021.1
- There were 1,335 overdose deaths in West Virginia in 20222
- There were 80.9 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in West Virginia in 20222
Total overdose prevention funding in West Virginia
Overdose prevention programs
- Overdose Data to Action in States
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources: $5,339,590
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources: $5,339,590
- Public Health and Public Safety
- Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
- Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
*average award amount
Examples of how West Virginia is working to prevent overdose
Expansion of overdose training and outreach events
West Virginia partnered with harm reduction agencies to offer eight REVIVE! training and outreach events in localities across the state, training more than 300 individuals in naloxone administration and distributing more than 400 doses of naloxone. This Combating Overdose through Community-Level Intervention initiative, which emphasized partnerships between public health and harm reduction agencies, helped connect individuals to community resources and provided access to Trauma Informed Care that focused on Adverse Childhood Experiences and mental health first aid.
Pain management program implementation
West Virginia's Safe and Effective Management of Pain Program successfully integrated risk reduction strategies into its pain management treatment plans, both for cancer and non-cancer related pain. These risk reduction strategies have resulted in reductions of morphine requests.
Evaluation of non-fatal overdose notification system
West Virginia’s Board of Pharmacy evaluated the effectiveness of its suspected non-fatal overdose notification system. The evaluation found that prescribers who received an email about their patient’s suspected non-fatal overdose had statistically significant decreases in the total number of opioid prescriptions, total number of opioid doses (or pills) prescribed, as well as the average morphine milligram equivalents prescribed.
- Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:122556
- NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths