CDC: Overdose deaths in VA on the decline

According to a report from the CDC, the number of Virginians dying from a drug overdose is on the decline.  On Friday, VA Attorney General Jason Miyares joined Governor Glenn Youngkin to highlight the CDC data which shows that from June 2023 until June of this year, Virginia saw a 23% decrease in drug overdose deaths, the third largest decrease in the nation over that time frame. Governor Youngkin credits the decline to increased education about the dangers of fentanyl and increased access to Naloxone, but also said that work still needs to be done. Youngkin wants the General Assembly to pass a law to charge anyone who sells fentanyl that causes a death, to be charged with felony homicide.