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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) released the following statement after the White House introduced its blueprint to combat the growing national opioid crisis.
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Members of Congress gathered together on the morning of Wednesday, February 28, not to vote or meet in committee, but for another important purpose: to honor the life of Reverend Billy Graham, who died on February 21.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined a group of Senators in asking the nation’s top health insurers to play a bigger role in combating the opioid crisis.
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The National Governor’s Association has selected Virginia to participate in a learning lab on state strategies for addressing infectious diseases related to substance use.
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to introduce the Opioid Response Enhancement Act to help states better fight the opioid epidemic that has put a strain on communities in Virginia and across the country.
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Virginia House Democrats discussed several of their legislative priorities on criminal justice reform and the opioid crisis on Thursday.
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The opioid crisis here in the United States is nothing new. In fact, it was one of the major issues that played a role in the 2016 election that saw Donald Trump rise to President of the United States.
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Ralph Northam, Attorney General Mark Herring, and Justin Fairfax wrote to President Trump asking him to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency.
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Virginia has received two federal grants totaling $596,000 to fight the prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic.
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A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general is seeking documents and information from manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids.
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