What economic impact has been realized thus far in Ohio County and the city of Wheeling since Interstate 70 has been compromised by lane closures, congested traffic, and confusing detours since work on 25 bridges began in October?
Those are most of the drugs that have killed in this Upper Ohio Valley, according to law enforcement officials in Ohio, Marshall, and Belmont counties. The last decade, though, has been dominated by overdoses involving opioids, including heroin because snorting or injecting the Schedule 1 narcotic is much cheaper than prescription pills.
