Drugs

Drug overdoses aren’t merely rising in Virginia—they’re on pace to break a state record. Experts attribute the increasing number of fatalities on the spread of fentanyl and social isolation brought about by the pandemic. As Virginia Mercury reports: Drug deaths in the commonwealth increased 22 percent during the first half of this year compared with […]

Drug overdose deaths are surging in Central Virginia. In fact, they’ve spiked as much as 35% since the pandemic began. CBS 6 News reports: RICHMOND, Va. — For Dixie Lewis’s 24-year-old sister Savannah, recovery meetings at the McShin Foundation were a lifeline. “You need those people in the meetings. You need to hear what they […]