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West Virginia’s prescription drug problem: a gift from the coal mining industry?

by Alison Bass | Oct 8, 2012 | coal mining industry, disability, opiods, overdoses, prescription drug abuse, public health

Ever heard of the term “culture of disability?” It was first coined by Judith Greenwood, who published a paper in the ’80s about how the coal mining industry in West Virginia, because the jobs were so difficult and dangerous, had created a culture...

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