Opioid use, death due to drug overdoses appears to be on the decline
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For the first time since 2018, the number of drug overdose deaths nationwide has decreased, and Virginia is also seeing the decline.
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Food City to pay $8.5 million fine to resolve opioid distribution claims
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The Abingdon-based Food City will pay an $8.5 million fine to the federal government and $78,621 each to the states of Virginia and Kentucky to resolve allegations that 24 of its stores illegally dispensed opioids and other controlled substances.
Teaching youth mental-health literacy could help teens responds to friends in crisis
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When a teen is contemplating suicide, they are likely to turn to a friend for help, but young people are often unsure how to respond.
Virginia helps lead $86M multistate settlement with opioid manufacturer Indivior
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A bipartisan group of state AGs announced on Friday an $86 million settlement with opioid manufacturer Indivior, which, the AGs allege, targeted its sales to doctors running pill mills.
‘Growing mental health crisis in the nation’s youth’ increases calls to poison control centers
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America’s poison centers are fielding increasingly severe cases that are dramatically more likely to lead to severe harm or death.
Youngkin signs legislation to protect students from opioid overdoses
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed three bills, including SB 726 to require local school boards to develop policies for opioid overdose prevention.
Older Americans are at increased risk of opioid misuse: Bill aims to offer protections
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Legislation has been introduced to increase access to non-opioid treatments for pain management for seniors and help combat an epidemic.
Virginia gets $108M in settlement to prevent opioid addiction at the local level
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Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Virginia has received another round of payments from settlements with opioid manufacturers.
Virginia ‘fighting back’ on fentanyl crisis; bill signed aims to hold dealers accountable
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A bill signed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin today aims to combat the fentanyl crisis which claims approximately five lives per day in the Commonwealth.
‘Addressing the fentanyl crisis’: Lawmakers introduce legislation to stop powerful sedative ‘tranq’
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The STOP TRANQ Act would add a statutory requirement for the State Department to include reporting on xylazine, or “tranq” in INCSR.
