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.
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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.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals to pay $150M for failure to monitor, report suspicious opioid orders
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A multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals will provide $150 million to resolve claims.
Opioid strips discovered in book spine shipped to inmate at Virginia state prison
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The Virginia Department of Corrections discovered 36 strips of buprenorphine located within the spine of a book being sent to an inmate in Virginia.
Kroger to pay up to $1.37B in opioid settlement to certain states, including Virginia
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An opioid settlement will require Kroger to pay up to $1.37 billion to participating state and local governments for its role in the crisis.
First opioid abatement grants in Virginia awarded to Albemarle County
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Albemarle County was awarded two Virginia OAA grants from the national settlement of payments from opioid manufacturers last year.
Albemarle County prepared to fight opioid overdose deaths with expanded Narcan training
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Albemarle County’s Public Safety Departments and Albemarle County Public Schools have expanded staff access to naloxone.
