Governor McAuliffe Signs Executive Order 29 Establishing the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse Governor Terry McAuliffe today signed Executive Order 29 establishing the Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse. The task force will recommend immediate steps to address a growing and dangerous epidemic of prescription opioid and heroin abuse in the Commonwealth. Governor McAuliffe made the following statement about the executive order: “Prescription painkiller and heroin abuse is a nationwide problem, and is spreading rapidly across the Commonwealth. We must take immediate action in Virginia, or these terrible trends will continue to ravage our families, our businesses and our economy. As part of my plan, A Healthy Virginia, I am creating this statewide task force so we can identify and implement strategies that will prevent drug abuse and help people with addiction get the treatment they need to recover. I am confident that by working together to address this growing problem we will be able to make our communities safer, save lives, and put us on a pathway toward building a new Virginia economy.” You can read more here: https://governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/newsarticle?articleId=6596
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:12:12 +0000
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