Fatal overdose rates remain high in Virginia, even as the state begins to spread opioid settlement money to state and local agencies to help tackle the epidemic. Death from drug overdoses, opioids and fentanyl in particular, has remained the dominant method of unnatural death in Virginia since 2013, according to
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares recently announced that he has joined the attorneys general of 10 other states in urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to speak out on the dangers of diverted drugs (drugs prescribed for one person, who then gives them to another for
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The Richmond Opioid Task Force and Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) will recognize International Opioid Awareness Day Aug. 31 with education and Naloxone dispensing events throughout the day. Opioids are a class of drugs that include fentanyl, heroin, and many prescription pain medications. In 2020, 430 people in the
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Virginia is expected to receive more than $500 million dollars from opioid distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal, and opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, as a result of a multiyear investigation by the Office of the Attorney General into the role manufacturers and distributors played in creating and prolonging the national
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