Tag: addiction
Policing fentanyl: Criminal justice efforts extend beyond Alexandria’s borders
By Kaitlin Murphy | [email protected]
Part 2 in a series
The opioid crisis continues to plague the City of Alexandria and fentanyl is the main current...
Justice Matters with Bryan Porter: The benefits of our new treatment...
Our city has not escaped the ravages of the national opioid crisis. Heroin and related narcotics have made a huge and unfortunate comeback over...
Guest House resident looks to give back
By Michaela Gleeson | [email protected]
Friends of Guest House resident Helenia Bragg knows the importance of second, third and even fourth chances.
Bragg, 61, spent 20...
Opioids in Alexandria Part 7: Addiction knows no bounds
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
A little more than a decade ago, Heidi Christiansen was leading what most would consider an ideal life in her...
Local man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute opioids
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
A man from Alexandria was sentenced Friday for participating in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone.
Robert T. Hancasky III was...
My View: Overhearing treatment of an opioid overdose
Thump, thump, thump. “Come on buddy, come on buddy,” the voice loudly exhorted from the other side of the partition. Beep, beep. “Powering up, powering, CLEAR,”...
Opioids in Alexandria Part 4: The opioid crisis through an EMT’s...
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
Alexandria paramedic Chad Shade’s idea of an emergency is different from that of most people.
Shade, a 14-year veteran of the...
Opioids in Alexandria Part 3: Life on the front lines of...
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
As the only hospital within city limits, Inova Alexandria finds itself on the front line of an ever-growing local health...
Opioids in Alexandria Part 1: Two-year surge has city responders working...
By James Cullum | [email protected]
Alexandria is feeling the potent effects of the national opioid epidemic, with a sharp increase in the past two years...
