In the News
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Below are links to a few recent stories featuring staff from the Blue Ridge Poison Center.
Oct. 28, 2024 Cardinal News
How I walked into an Exxon convenience store in Franklin County and bought illicit marijuana over the counter. A lab test found it full of microbes.
May 29, 2024 WVTF Radio IQ
Poison Center says Virginia should tax cannabis to pay for regulation of the recreational drugs
June 15, 2023 WVTF Radio IQ
Experts warn venomous snakes are out and about
April 19, 2023 NBC channel 29
Blue Ridge Poison Center warns of over-the-counter, opioid-like drug.
February 23, 2023 Virginia Mercury
As fentanyl surges, Virginia lawmakers debate how far criminal penalties should go.