In what used to be a bank in Newport News, a sign in the drive-through window now reads: “Dead friends Can’t recover. Overdose deaths Are preventable.” Below the window, an orange plastic bin contains a haystack of used needles and syringes. The building on Huntington Avenue is now a harm reduction clinic, operated by the nonprofit Minority AIDS Support Services. Visitors to the drive-through, .
Virginia will receive about $1.1 billion from settlements with pharmaceutical companies that contributed to the overdose crisis. Some of that money is funneling directly to cities and organizations and reinvigorating efforts to combat the years-long crisis.
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