By Eric Eyre Gov. Jim Justice has signed two bills that target West Virginia's opioid drug problem and rash of overdose deaths. Justice approved legislation (HB 2620) that aims to establish a comprehensive system to track overdoses. Another bill signed into law Wednesday will take $24 million from recent lawsuit settlements with drug distributors and use the money to expand drug treatment facilities across the state. The overdose reporting system is expected to put the state in a better position to secure grant funding to help curb drug-related offenses and reduce the state's overdose death rate - the highest in the nation.

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