The state’s health commissioner announced Monday that the opioid addiction crisis is an official public health emergency in Virginia and created a standing order that anyone can obtain a rescue drug at pharmacies to treat overdoses. State Health Commissioner Marissa Levine announced at a news conference that the drug naloxone, which can be used to treat narcotic overdoses in emergencies, can now be obtained at pharmacies without a prescription or any explanation as to why it is needed. This declaration comes in response to the growing number of overdoses attributed to opioid use, and evidence that carfentanil, a highly dangerous synthetic opioid, has made its way into Virginia.
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