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WHEREAS, the increasing trend of drug addiction in Virginia is contributing to multiple adverse public health effects, including but not limited to increasing numbers of blood borne pathogen infections (e.g., Hepatitis C), overdoses requiring emergency care, and deaths; and WHEREAS, the continually increasing problem of injection drug use in Virginia is making communities vulnerable to […]