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As expected, the Virginia General Assembly met last month in “pro forma” session and promptly recessed, indicating the Commonwealth has yet to pass a two-year budget.
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A seed grant from a Virginia Tech initiative has helped get thousands of potentially life-saving backpacks into the hands of people struggling with opioid addiction.
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Local nonprofits working in the health and addiction-recovery fields have the opportunity to apply for grant funding through the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority.
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The Grants Committee of the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority has awarded $1,038,950 to the VDOE for education of students.
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If you wanted a doctor’s prescription for opioids, there was one doctor in Virginia that would give it to you, provided you paid in cash.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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