Following opioid exposé, Warner, Kaine ask for update on drug enforcement law
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Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are requesting information on the impact of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act.
Search Results for opioid crisis
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Medical student explores alternative approaches to opioid addiction treatment during public health emergency abroad
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A year ago, Andrew Gaddis, a third-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, embarked on a Fulbright research grant to learn more about supervised injection sites.
HHS Office of Minority Health awards Virginia Department of Health to address opioids
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The Office of Minority Health announced just over $5 million in new cooperative agreement awards to 15 organizations.
HRSA awards $3 million to Virginia health centers to tackle mental health, opioids
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The HRSA has awarded $3,163,584 to 19 health centers in Virginia to increase access to substance abuse and mental health services.
Study: Breast cancer patients on opioids less likely to stick to vital treatment
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A new study has found a lack of adherence to a lifesaving treatment regimen among breast cancer patients who take opioids to manage their pain.
Richmond to receive additional federal resources to fight opioid epidemic
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Federal AmeriCorps funding will go to the City of Richmond Human Services Commission to combat the opioid epidemic.
VCU Health to host Facebook Live interview series on opioid epidemic
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Overdose deaths in the United States involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999.
Study: Women who fixate on chronic pain more likely to be prescribed opioids
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Female chronic pain sufferers who negatively fixate on their symptoms are more likely to have an opioid prescription than men with the same condition.
McAuliffe to host Abingdon town hall to discuss opioid epidemic
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Gov. McAuliffe will host a town hall meeting at the Community Center of Abingdon to discuss the impact of the opioid epidemic.
Kaine urges Trump to empower states in fight against opioid epidemic
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Sen. Tim Kaine joined 19 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to address the nationwide opioid epidemic.
