Opioid Abuse

The book is now a limited series on Hulu, a dramatized version starring Michael Keaton.

A data sharing platform aimed at fighting opioid abuse and addiction is being expanded into southwest Virginia.The platform, known as FAACT (Framework for…

Prescription painkillers and their chemical cousin, heroin, killed more than 1,400 people in this state last year alone. Experts blame doctors for…

With opioid addiction reaching what some are calling epidemic proportions in Danville, law enforcement has an obvious role to play. Treatment and…

Last year, for every 100 babies born in Virginia, one was already suffering withdrawal from drug use. And while that statistic is alarming, health care…

With opioid abuse on the rise in much of Virginia, one of the hardest hit cities is Danville where the addiction rate is 25-percent higher than the…

Democratic Attorney General Mark Herring is trying to help law enforcement officers across Virginia combat opioid abuse with a new video. But will it do…

In response to Virginia’s opioid crisis, which the State Health Commissioner declared a “public health emergency” last year, counties across the…

For the record number of people addicted to opiates in Virginia, help is on the way.Consider the scenario: After an overdose, an individual who is hooked…

During this year’s General Assembly session, lawmakers fought bitterly over several controversial issues — things like restoring voting rights to former…