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APS parents plan march to show support for students and demand action on youth opioid epidemic

A coalition of parents will be marching on Friday at Wakefield High School to encourage students not to use drugs and to demand a countywide response to in-school opioid use. The planned silent demonstration responds to an apparent drug overdose on school grounds discovered yesterday morning (Tuesday). An unconscious student was found in a boys ....

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Two Dead of Suspected Overdoses as Arlington Battles Opioid Addiction

Narcotics may have claimed two more lives in Arlington over the weekend. Police removed two bodies from an apartment along N. George Mason Drive in the Buckingham neighborhood Sunday night, a local resident told ARLnow. A police spokeswoman tells us that the preliminary death investigation pointed to drugs as a likely cause. "At approximately 6:52 ....

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Arlington Training Hundreds To Combat Opioid Overdoses

Arlington is training hundreds of people to use the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone in hopes of saving lives amid the opioid crisis. The free trainings last a little over an hour and teach participants how to recognize an opioid overdose and to administer naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan. As of Tuesday ....

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EXCLUSIVE: Opioid epidemic infiltrates Arlington Public Schools

"Do you know how it feels to look at your daughter when she can't move her eyes?" That's an Arlington mother, who spoke to ARLnow on the condition of anonymity, about a recent fentanyl overdose her 13-year-old daughter survived. ....

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Expanding Board Would Require State Action "The Civic Federation's TiGER (Task Force in Governance and Election Reform] body has recommended a number of ....

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