KERMIT, W.Va. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) outlined her plan to tackle the opioid epidemic during a campaign stop Friday in a small West Virginia town where many attendees were just happy to see a politician show up.
Kermit, with a population of 400, has been held up as an example of the nations opioid epidemic since it was reported that nearly 9 million hydrocodone pills were shipped to a small pharmacy in the town by the McKesson Corporation in the course of two years. Locals and people from the surrounding area gathered at the towns fire and rescue station to hear Warrens proposals, eager that someone from Washington was willing to listen to their concerns.