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Author Archives: Eric Eyre

Eric Eyre, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting in 2017 for stories on the opioid crisis, was formerly a senior investigative reporter at Mountain State Spotlight. He is the author of Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic. Eyre previously worked as a reporter for the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail for 22 years, covering state government, health, business and education, and his award-winning investigative stories have mostly spotlighted issues in rural West Virginia communities. Eyre graduated from Loyola University of New Orleans and received a master's degree from the University of South Florida at St Petersburg while on a Poynter Fund Fellowship.

ericeyre@mountainstatespotlight.org
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For 20 years, Purdue Pharma has kept OxyContin records sealed in a W.Va. courthouse. Now, there’s a push to open them.

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre January 12th, 2021January 13th, 2021
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Here are the voices the giant drug distributors don’t want you to hear

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Eric Eyre and Lauren Peace December 23rd, 2020May 10th, 2021
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Drug companies are closing in on opioid settlement, but West Virginia lawyers say it’s not enough

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre November 6th, 2020May 10th, 2021
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W.Va. court orders Walmart to turn over details about inquiries into its opioid sales

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre October 28th, 2020October 28th, 2020
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Purdue Pharma to plead guilty to criminal charges in $8 billion settlement with feds

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre October 21st, 2020October 22nd, 2020
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COVID-19 pushes back more opioid lawsuits in West Virginia

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre October 14th, 2020May 10th, 2021
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W.Va. opioid trial postponed until next year, after drug firms complain that it could be a COVID-19 ‘super-spreader’

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre October 9th, 2020May 10th, 2021
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Drug firms seek delay in opioid trial as COVID cases soar in West Virginia

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre October 6th, 2020May 10th, 2021
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As a big opioid trial looms in West Virginia, the firms being sued are getting huge COVID-19 contracts from the Trump administration

Avatar photo by Eric Eyre September 25th, 2020May 10th, 2021

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