Bills to help educate juveniles and prevent fatal overdoses amid the opioid epidemic have advanced in the General Assembly. The bipartisan measure Senate Bill 726 was introduced by Sen. Todd Pillion, R-Abingdon, and incorporates a similar measure from Sen. Stella Pekarsky, D-Fairfax. The bill, which passed unanimously through the Senate,
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The bill, SB 1415, was proposed by Sen. Todd Pillion, R-Washington County, in early January and has not received much pushback as it continues through committees and subcommittees. According to the Virginia Department of Health, the number of fentanyl overdoses in 2021 was 2039. This is in comparison to a
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The Henrico County School Board voted Dec. 8 to approve a revision to its Health Services policy that will allow school nurses to carry and administer naloxone to students or staff members. Naloxone – also known by the brand name Narcan– is a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, such
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