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Smarty Pets: Medication Safety for Pet Owners and Families

AWLA is pleased to partner with Arlington County Department of Human Services to offer an in-person program addressing safety measures to prevent pets and people from accidentally ingesting harmful medication. This presentation is part of the Arlington Addiction Recovery Initiative (AARI) and will include general safety tips, information about how to safely store and dispose ....

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NEW: Arlington police announce additional arrests in anti-fentanyl push

A week after announcing an arrest for a 2022 fatal overdose, Arlington County police have charged two more people in another deadly opioid overdose. A 19-year-old Arlington man and 19-year-old Fairfax woman are facing manslaughter and other charges in connection to a March 2023 overdose in the Courthouse area. A man died after being found ....

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Alleged drug dealer charged in man's fentanyl overdose death in Arlington

A 30-year-old Lorton man is being charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal Arlington overdose. A man died in a Penrose home last June after overdosing on drugs that contained fentanyl and mirtazapine, according to Arlington police. An investigation led police to "the individual suspected of supplying the deceased with controlled substances." More, below, from ....

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Arlington high schoolers can now carry Narcan on school grounds

(Updated at 2:45 p.m.) Today is the first day high school-aged Arlington Public Schools students can carry naloxone in schools. Students in grades 9 and above can now carry the opioid reversal drug if they have consent from a parent or guardian, according to the school system. Those who are at least 18 years old ....

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Arlington firefighters could soon give away Narcan to bystanders at an overdose scene

When Arlington firefighters respond to drug overdoses, they could soon start bringing along enough doses of an opioid-reversal drug to leave some behind. This is part of a statewide effort "to prevent fatal overdoses and increase community access" to the nasal spray Narcan, one form of the reversal drug called naloxone. On Saturday, the Arlington ....

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