Document Type
Panel Presentation
Start Date
20-4-2017 3:00 PM
End Date
20-4-2017 4:15 PM
Keywords
West Virginia drug epidemic, addiction, balloon effect, heroin epidemic, fentanyl epidemic, drug crisis
Biography
My name is Ashley Wilson and I am a senior here at Marshall University. I am majoring in Political Science and minoring in Criminal Justice. I plan on attending law school in the Fall.
Major
Political Science
Advisor for this project
Jamie Warner
Abstract
According to the CDC, West Virginia is eleven times the national average for opiate related deaths. Huntington has been hit the worst with this drug epidemic. The idea of the balloon effect on drugs, is more commonly used to describe what happens when clamping down on the production of a drug in one area will push that same drug into another area. However, I will examine how the crack down on prescription pills here in West Virginia, has led to the pop up of other illicit drug use in the state.
The Balloon Effect on West Virginia
According to the CDC, West Virginia is eleven times the national average for opiate related deaths. Huntington has been hit the worst with this drug epidemic. The idea of the balloon effect on drugs, is more commonly used to describe what happens when clamping down on the production of a drug in one area will push that same drug into another area. However, I will examine how the crack down on prescription pills here in West Virginia, has led to the pop up of other illicit drug use in the state.
