Nine inmates at Buckingham Correctional Center recently became the first individuals incarcerated in Virginia to receive certification as Peer Recovery Specialists.
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.
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.
Chaniece Winfield is the CEO and a licensed therapist with Innovative Counseling Solutions. She's also an assistant professor of human services with ODU.