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Va First Lady emphasizes the suburb of the location of suburban Richmond “It Only Takes One”

Chester, VA (at the moment Cville)-Virginia First Lady Suzanne Youngkin celebrates success in Chesterfield County, just outside of Richmond, for her average percentage fentanyl deaths. Your initiative “It Nedle Take One” is a nationwide effort in education and other preventive measures in which places have freedom to try out and share initiatives and programs what has worked for you and what is not. Since 2023, the deaths of fentanyl overdoses in the Chesterfield County region decreased by 49.3%, while the national percentage of death compared to the previous year by 44% and 46% compared to the height of 2021 by 44%.

According to the publication of a governors' office, Chesterfield County pursues a multi-stage approach including:

  • Free distribution of naloxone and test strips in libraries, prisons and through mobile public relations work
  • A trauma-informed recovery program (HARP) in the district prison of the same age, trauma-informed,
  • Initiatives for prevention education in schools such as the Stay Safe Toolkit and the PSA competitions of the students
  • Biannuic medication Events and recreational access on the same day about fire/EMS partnerships

IT only takes an initiative, in cooperation with the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and the Ministry of Health of Virginia, educational resources, community training and sensitization campaigns throughout Commonwealth continue to be. Thesis EFFORTS Include the launch of the It Only Takes One Newsletter, StateWide Resource Distribution to Media Outlets and Healthcare Providers, Outreach to Community Services Boards and Higher Education Institutions, The Creation of A Robust Online Resource Hub, Support for Operation Free (Fentanyl Avareness, Reduction, Enforcement, and Eradication) – Law Enforcement EFFORTS TO DISRUPT The Distribution of, and Confiscate, Illicit Drugs, The Fentany Family Ambassador's program, which now includes more than 100 ambassadors, and the IT NAY OneAl service (PSA), which was published on April 29 for compliance with National Fentanyness Day.

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