A new survey conducted by Inova Health Systems found that nearly half of Virginians say that they would be afraid to seek care for addiction, or substance use disorder.
Bucking statewide trends, Arlington County may be seeing opioid overdoses trend down this year. So far this year, Arlington registered 44 overdoses with Narcan a brand name for the opioid-reversal drug naloxone deployed in 35 instances. Of the overdoses, eight involved juveniles, all of whom received Narcan. That marks a 31% decrease this