In what used to be a bank in Newport News, a sign in the drive-through window now reads: “Dead friends Can’t recover. Overdose deaths Are preventable.” Below the window, an orange plastic bin contains a haystack of used needles and syringes. The building on Huntington Avenue is now a harm reduction clinic, operated by the nonprofit Minority AIDS Support Services. Visitors to the drive-through, .
Virginia will receive about $1.1 billion from settlements with pharmaceutical companies that contributed to the overdose crisis. Some of that money is funneling directly to cities and organizations and reinvigorating efforts to combat the years-long crisis.
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(The Center Square) — Save a Life Day began in two counties in West Virginia in 2020 but expanded on Thursday to all 13 Appalachian states, including Virginia and Maryland,
Last year, 102 individuals died in Portsmouth from overdoses and unfortunately, that makes us the highest in the Hampton Roads region and also the 4th highest in the state,