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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 ....
(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 ....
Pentagon Explosion Hoax "A purportedly AI-generated photo of a fake explosion at the Pentagon spread rapidly on social media on Monday – prompting mass confusion among users and a brief selloff in the US stock market. The fake photo, which showed smoke billowing outside the Pentagon, was shared by Russian state media outlet and ....
Seven years after ending its substance use treatment options for youth, a local facility is poised to resume providing some outpatient services. National Capital Treatment & Recovery CEO Debby Taylor tells ARLnow that Arlington County approached the center about providing therapeutic services to youth in the county after 14-year-old Sergio Flores fatally overdosed at Wakefield ....
(Updated at 4:15 p.m.) As more parents and caregivers grapple with substance use addiction among youth, they are increasingly turning to the juvenile justice system as a last resort. Over the past year, there has been upwards of a 100% increase in the number of petitions being made for court-ordered services, such as drug treatment, ....