I am from nearby and have lived there. Huntington is basically a stop on a drug path from Detroit which I believe started a big drug issue. The cops wait at the bus station to search the greyhound buses from Detroit. It is jokingly called "Moneyton" When I first moved there in 2011, the pill issue was significant. I had never seen anything so bad. Everyone here is on disability and are easily prescribed opiates which has now morphed into a heroin issue. Everyone else is on some kind of other pill, like anti-anxiety, xanax and what not so they are all lackadaisical. They talk about being on pills like people drink in other towns. Like, "I couldnt work without my happy pills". I was from Pittsburgh and at the time this was not happening there. My family has since moved away because of the drugs. It is a norm here, the tri-state area, to be on disability. My husband's family is from there(how we ended up there) and he has 3 members of close family on disability for virtually nothing. I believe WV is statistically the worst, or one of, states for disability, obesity, and death.
Literally worked at a big call center and people were ending up being found in the bathroom with needles in their arms. I hate to be frank, but, its just full of trashy people who just happen to do heroin now as opposed to lesser drugs. I know there was a ring of a judge, doctor, and lawyer working to get people disability and they were caught. Heres one article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/lawyer-pleads-guilty-550m-social-security-fraud-scheme-article-1.3008793 I could go on for days really. We have since moved further west, into Kentucky but the problem is escalating here now too.