Senate passes Kaine cosponsored bill to fight opioid abuse
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine praised passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, a bill that will help expand opioid abuse prevention efforts.
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Tim Kaine introduces Senate bill to prevent opioid overdose deaths
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Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced legislation to help prevent opioid overdose deaths by encouraging physicians to co-prescribe the life-saving drug naloxone alongside opioid prescriptions and by making naloxone more widely available in federal health settings.
Herring reports progress, continuing crisis at one-year mark of heroin, prescription drug abuse prevention plan
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As part of his continuing efforts to address a troubling rise in heroin and prescription drug overdose fatalities in the Commonwealth, Attorney General Mark Herring reported in on milestones in the first year of his Five Point Plan to Combat Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse.
Sen. Tim Kaine urges federal funding to combat prescription drug abuse crisis
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined 17 of his Senate colleagues in a letter urging increased funding for critical prescription drug abuse prevention, treatment and research programs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kaine, White House drug policy director, discuss Virginia opiod crisis
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Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine met with White House Drug Policy Acting Director Michael Botticelli to discuss the opioid crisis in Virginia and next steps to combat the epidemic.
McKinsey to pay $650M to resolve investigation into advice it gave to Purdue Pharma
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The McKinsey & Co. consulting firm is being held criminally responsible for its advice to Purdue Pharma to “turbocharge” sales of OxyContin, precipitating the ongoing national opioid crisis.
Morgan Griffith: Taking action to combat fentanyl
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Our region of Virginia has known firsthand the devastation of the opioid crisis. In recent years, a new threat has driven up fatal drug overdoses: fentanyl and its analogues.
Herring announces resolution of case against Sacklers, Purdue Pharma
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The resolution of the lawsuit against the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, will make public tens of millions of documents related to their role in the opioid crisis, and require a payment of more than $4.3 billion for prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts in communities across the country.
Sen. Tim Kaine to visit Valley, Southwest Virginia, Central Virginia on three-day swing
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This week, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine will travel to the Shenandoah Valley, Southwest Virginia, and Charlottesville to discuss job training, education, and the opioid crisis.
Another perspective on the local illegal drug problem
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You read about the opioid crisis, about heroin making its return, about the Valley’s problems with meth, and you, of course, know all about the ongoing, strenuous efforts to go after the drug dealers. But, are the drug dealers the problem?
