Recent NewsAs Virginia continues to deal with extreme heat, Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his first-in-the-nation Animal Law Unit are reminding Virginians that heat can be deadly to children and animals, and that there can be serious legal consequences for leaving children or animals in hot cars or outside without adequate shelter and water.
July 18 - Herring Reiterates Call for Marijuana Reform as Arrests Continue to Rise Attorney General Mark R. Herring is reiterating his call for cannabis reform in Virginia after new data shows that marijuana arrests rose to their highest level in at least 20 years in 2018.
July 17 - DEA Database Shows Two Virginia Cities Led Nation in Per Capita Opioids A Washington Post analysis of newly released data from the DEA’s opioid database shows that two Virginia cities—Norton (306 pills per person) and Martinsville (242 pills per person)—received the most opioid pain pills per capita in the country between 2006 and 2012.
July 16, 2019 - Herring and Beshear Fight to Get Blackjewel Miners Paid Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear have jointly asked for “the immediate payment” of all wages owed to Blackjewel employees.
July 11 - Herring Helps Secure $1.4 Billion in Opioid Fraud Case Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his team have helped secure $1.4 billion from Reckitt Benckiser Group to resolve allegations of fraudulent marketing of the opioid treatment medication Suboxone.
July 10 - Herring Defends Human Rights of Immigrant Children in Civil Detention Following reports of overcrowding, unsanitary and unsafe conditions, and even sexual assaults of children in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities, Attorney General Mark R. Herring and a coalition of attorneys general are fighting in court to protect the health, safety, and human rights of immigrant children in detention in the United States.
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