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Legislation protecting Virginians reporting drug overdoses was introduced earlier this month after years of lobbying by a Virginia Commonwealth University student organization, but the bill will have to wait to be heard during next year's General Assembly. Students for Sensible Drug Policy was the VCU group instrumental in helping introduce House Bill 557, Safe Reporting of Overdoses. The legislation sought to provide limited legal amnesty to anyone reporting a drug overdose.

The Virginia House subcommittee tabled a measure that would have banned conversion or "ex-gay" therapy programs for minors, on a 4 to 1 party line vote early Thursday Morning. The American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association are among the organizations condemning gay conversion therapy.

By Kelsey Callahan and Ashley Jordan Capital News Service RICHMOND, Jan. 29, 2015 - Two Northern Virginia legislators, joined by women who offered emotional testimony on their experiences with gun ...

A bill that would decriminalize-but not legalize--marijuana possession, as about 20 other states have done, has been killed.