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Sunday, January 5, 2025
Warren County residents Jerry Henry Jr. and Madra Lambert celebrated sobriety Thursday as the first two graduates of Adult Recovery Court.
Judge Daryl L. Funk presided over the com…
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Saturday, August 12, 2023
We are excited to share some updates from your Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition. …
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Winchester, Virginia [July 24, 2023] – The Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition (NSVSAC) will host an International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) event on Thursday,…
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Friday, July 7, 2023
WINCHESTER – The Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition (NSVSAC) Executive Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Allison Dillow as the NSVSAC Executive Di…
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Thursday, June 22, 2023
WINCHESTER – The Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition (NSVSAC) Executive Committee and Interim Executive Director Terri Cluss are pleased to announce that on June 2…
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Raising awareness about an urgent national problem: people are dying at alarming rates due to illicit fentanyl, a dangerous and deadly synthetic opioid.
Spread the word with us abo…
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
For over two decades, each May, we have come together to observe National Drug Treatment Court Month. Just as you all continue to evolve and innovate, so too does this annual celeb…
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Friday, April 30, 2021
WINCHESTER – The Northwest Regional Adult Drug Treatment Court (NRADTC) has completed its first process and outcome evaluation to assess the program’s progress since 2016. &nb…
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
WINCHESTER – As an overdose spike is being reported in the region, the Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition is encouraging individuals who are living with addiction…
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Friday, October 16, 2020
Become informed.
We all hear a lot about the opioid epidemic in the news nationally, and it has sadly become all to common to hear local reports of accidental overdose deaths. Kno…
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Saturday, August 1, 2020
Event Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020
Event Flyer: Run for Recovery flyer 2020
Join us for the 4th Annual Run for Recovery 5K to raise awareness of the impact …
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Monday, July 20, 2020
The Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force has reportedfive overdose deaths since last Thursday, bringing the total number of fatalities from overdoses in the region …
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Eleven overdose deaths have been reported in the Northern Shenandoah Valley since April 1, including three deaths in the last five days. In addition, there have been 17 reported no…
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Sunday, March 22, 2020
As an overdose spike is being reported in the region, the Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition is encouraging individuals who are living with addiction to reach out…
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Saturday, December 7, 2019
Six opioid overdoses have been reported by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force since Tuesday – one of them fatal. This after no overdoses were reported between November…
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Friday, September 13, 2019
Today is the 5th and final day of 5 Days of 5 Ways You Can Prevent an Overdose and today we are talking about the importance of ending the stigma of addiction. Tomorrow our communi…
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Today is day 4 of 5 Days of 5 Ways You Can Prevent an Overdose and today our topic is Certified Peer Recovery Specialists.
Another way to prevent an overdose is by connecting indiv…
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Today is day 3 of 5 Days of 5 Ways You Can Prevent an Overdose and another way to prevent overdoses is by utilizing community resources.
One great support group in our community is…
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Today is Day 2 of 5 Days of 5 Ways You Can Prevent an Overdose. Another way you can prevent drug overdoses is by disposing of unused and expired medications properly. Here is more …
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
The topic of Day 1 is NARCAN. You can receive feee NARCAN at all of the Lord Fairfax Health District Health Departments, at the Addicted to Hope Rally on September 14th, and at a R…
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Friday, September 6, 2019
The fourth annual Addicted to Hope Rally will include a number of speakers who will share their journey from battling addiction to prospering in recovery. The featured speakers inc…
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Seven drug overdoses have been reported by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force in the past week and two of the individuals who suffered an overdose, lost their…
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Monday, February 25, 2019
Six drug overdoses have been reported in the Northern Shenandoah Valley since Thursday and four of the overdoses resulted in deaths. Several overdoses in a short period of time oft…
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Thursday, November 8, 2018
Three opioid overdose deaths have been reported by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force in the past two weeks bringing the total number of lives lost this year to 18. Th…
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Heroin laced with fentanyl is likely the cause of the latest increase in overdoses reported by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force. Since November 9th 11 overdoses have…
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Friday, September 29, 2017
Eleven overdoses have been reported by the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force since September 20th, indicating the likeliness of heroin laced with fentanyl. Four lives we…
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Saturday, January 28, 2017
Three drug overdose deaths were reported Friday in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, indicating that there is likely highly potent heroin in the area. The Northern Shenandoah Valley …
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
WINCHESTER – Since Monday, agents with the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug TaskForce have responded to eight overdoses in Winchester and Frederick County. Lab results willdetermin…
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
The Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition is warning the public about the dangers of heroin use after seven people in the Northwest region have overdosed in the past…
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