| West Virginia is leading the nation with the number of drug overdose deaths per capita.
909 individuals reported dying from drug overdose in 2017, with a record 887 in 2016.
The actual number of deaths related to the disease of addiction are much higher.
While last year's drug death increase was fueled by fentanyl-caused overdose, there was a rise in non-opioid drug deaths from
methamphetamine, amphetamine and cocaine.
In West Virginia's rural counties like Calhoun, meth addiction remains as a primary problem. | 
