Cocaine use (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption The total number of fatal cocaine-related overdoses in Virginia has been slowly increasing since 2013. Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are working to better understand cocaine use disorder to help reverse the trend. Credit Leigh Anne Kelley/Virginia Tech Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.