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Leaders in Virginia Beach want the public to be more aware of a program to help those addicted to drugs.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - September is National Recovery Month, and city leaders in Virginia Beach want the public to be more aware about a program that aims to help people who are addicted to drugs...

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Virginia Beach woman wants daughter’s overdose death to help others.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Carolyn Weems knows the sorrow and the stigma that goes with losing a child to an opioid overdose. She lost her daughter Caitlyn at age 21 to heroin...

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Starting young: Opioid education a tool for prevention.

After losing her daughter to a heroin overdose, Carolyn Weems worked to create a school curriculum to educate students and their parents about opioid addiction...

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2 Virginia Beach moms speak to high school students about losing daughters to drugs.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - The opioid drug problem is plaguing our community, and too many young people are dying across the country...