Morgan Griffith: Key pieces of health legislation move forward
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The coronavirus pandemic has consumed the attention of the country, but health care challenges that existed before COVID-19 ever came about remain.
Search Results for fentanyl
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Luria pushes access to non-opioid pain medication to combat addiction crisis
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA) has announced her support of the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) Act.
Health benefits of CBD oil
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CBD and its numerous compounds do not need much introduction as more and more states in the United States continue to legalize the use of medical marijuana.
Alon Ben-Meir: Trump’s disastrous domestic policy
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Sadly, we have become accustomed to Trump’s lies and misstatements about the presumed progress the US made under his watch.
Virginia Tech, Indivior collaboration to study recovery in people with opioid use disorder
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Few families are left untouched by the devastating problems caused by opioid misuse and addiction, which take the lives of about 50,000 people each year in the United States.
Spanberger introduces bill to crack down on narcotics traffickers
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Rep. Abigail Spanberger announced her introduction of a bipartisan, bicameral bill to deter narcotics traffickers from using illicit pill presses to manufacture counterfeit drugs.
Northam executive order continues Advisory Commission on Opioids
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Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday issued Executive Order Forty-Four, extending the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Opioids and Addiction for an additional year.
Grant will aid in developing vaccines to fight opioid addiction
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When Mike Zhang heard the story of a mother whose son died of an opioid overdose just one month after the teenager’s introduction to the drug at a party, the Virginia Tech researcher wanted to help.
Morgan Griffith: Resources to fight opioid crisis
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On Sept. 4, the Trump Administration announced the release of $1.8 billion in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help communities around the country fight the opioid crisis.
Morgan Griffith: Continuing to fight the opioid crisis
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Data recently released by the DEA and analyzed by the Washington Post has renewed attention to the origins of the opioid crisis afflicting communities across our Commonwealth and country.
