Richmond, VA – According to the state officials, these events are part of the It Only Takes One campaign against fentanyl led by the First Lady and Attorney General Jason Miyares.
Overdose has become the leading cause of unnatural death in the Commonwealth, with an average of five Virginians dying from fentanyl every day.
The campaign seeks to increase the public’s awareness that it only takes one bad decision or one counterfeit pill to end a life.
Governor Glenn Youngkin released the following statement:
“In Virginia, we’ve taken critical steps to combat the fentanyl epidemic by directing a new fentanyl-fighting strategy through Executive Order 26, working to ensure parents are notified within 24 hours of an overdose, and holding the manufacturers and distributors of illicit drugs accountable.
On Fentanyl Awareness Day, we are more resolved, more emboldened, more unified and more focused than ever before to ensure no more Virginians die as a result of this fentanyl epidemic.”
