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Overdoses on the rise among Virginia students

Teens turning to illicit market exposed to fentanyl-laced pills

ROANOKE, Va. – Fake pills laced with fentanyl are making their way into Virginia middle and high schools.10 News spoke with a local youth substance abuse prevention expert who says just one pill can kill.

The equivalent of ten grains of salt. That’s the amount of fentanyl that could kill you. Adam Neal is the director of the Roanoke Area Youth Substance Abuse Coalition (RAYSAC). He says the rate of student overdoses in Virginia is on the rise. Click here to read the full story.

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