Addiction Roanoke's New First Responders to Overdose Calls: People in Addiction Recovery The Roanoke Valley Collective Response is hiring three peer recovery specialists who will respond to calls with police and paramedics.
Addiction Potent Batch of Opioid Drugs Leads to Uptick in Overdoses, Deaths in Roanoke Region A potent batch of opioids has led to an uptick in overdoses and deaths in recent weeks, according to advocates.
Addiction Proposal to ‘Reimagine’ Catawba Hospital Points To Need For More Addiction, Mental Health Care A proposal from Del. Sam Rasoul would study how a transformed Catawba Hospital could expand into addiction treatment.
Addiction Millions of Dollars To Fight Opioid Epidemic Are Heading To Roanoke. Will It Be Enough? For decades, painkillers flooded the Roanoke Valley as part of a push by pharmaceutical companies that helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic.
