The number of drug overdose deaths in Virginia is down 43% in one year, according to the head of addiction services at Inova Health System. She said while the number is encouraging, more needs to be done to prevent people from dying.

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Since 1989, September is National Recovery Month — an awareness campaign created by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration .

Dr. Zeina Saliba, chief of addiction services at Inova Health System, said the availability of naloxone, or Narcan, “certainly has something to

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