OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY. AND IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, CELEBRATE RECOVERY FROM CLARKSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH CAME OUT TO THE ITALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.. WHERE THEY WERE GIVING OUT OUT FREE NARCAN AND SPREADING AWARENESS OF THE FIGHT AGAINST OPIOID ABUSE. WVU MEDICINE HEALTHY MINDS ALSO SAID THEY WOULD BE AROUND HARRISON COUNTY TODAY, SPREADING INFORMATION TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE ISSUE OF OVERDOSE. WEST VIRGINIA IS THE STATE WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY--WITH 77 POINT 2 PER 100 THOUSAND PEOPLE, BACK IN 2021. LOU ORTENZIO: "WE HAVE AN OVERDOSE CRISIS GOING ON IN WEST VIRGINIA AND IN THE WORLD CERTAINLY IN THE UNITED STATES. IN THE UNITED STATES LAST YEAR WE LOST 107,000 AMERICANS TO OVERDOSES. 70% OF THAT WAS FENTANYL - THIS OVERPOWERING OPIOID THAT IS OUT THERE - AND WE'VE GOTTA TURN THINGS AROUND AND ONE WAY WE TURN THINGS AROUND AS BY DISPENSING NARCAN." JORDAN CELEBRATE RECOVERY HOLDS MEETINGS FOR THOSE FACING SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES EVERY TUESDAY AT 6-THIRTY P-M AT