Welch, W.Va. ⢠In this once prosperous West Virginia coal town of 1,900 people, residents say itâs not just the decades-long demise of mining that hurt the community â itâs the scourge of drug use that came with it.
Here, almost everyone knows someone who became addicted. And the Appalachian town is fighting back by suing some of the biggest U.S. drug distributors, hoping to make them pay for the damage done by addiction. Lawyers say growing pushback by communities, many in West Virginia, could ...
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