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A new $500,000 grant will help the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics expand substance use disorder peer-based recovery programs in the Commonwealth.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates that 97 percent of fentanyl is manufactured using precursor chemicals from China.
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Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security’s resignation was announced today by Governor Glenn Youngkin.
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The Virginia Department of Veterans Services will award $4.5 million in grants to support veteran suicide prevention and opioid addiction services.
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A federal grand jury in Charlottesville returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Greene County man with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine.
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Strengthen the Spirit of Virginia’s Women + girls will broaden Youngkin’s sisterhood and awareness activities.
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Abdallah Amer Ali, 21, of Harrisonburg, was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison after selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 16-year-old.
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Members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are joining together to call on leadership to move forward with new measures to combat illicit fentanyl trafficking in the United States.
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Fatal drug overdose has been the leading cause of death in the Commonwealth since 2013.
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Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug threat facing this nation. In 2021, a record number of Americans – 107,622 – died from a drug poisoning or overdose.
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