Tag: drug abuse
Suspected student overdose at ACHS
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
Alexandria Fire Department emergency workers responded to a call on Feb. 10 at Alexandria City High School for a suspected student overdose, according...
Seven opioid overdoses, one fatality in Alexandria
By Duncan Agnew | [email protected]
Seven opioid overdoses — including one that resulted in a fatality — occurred within a week, the city announced in a...
Our View: Let’s mobilize philanthropic Alexandria to fight the opioid crisis
Alexandria is a city with a long philanthropic track record of responding generously, and swiftly, to need. Numerous local nonprofits support at-risk children, shut-in...
Opioids in Alexandria Part 2: City treatment program faces staffing, funding...
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
As Alexandria’s opioid crisis continues to grow, the city’s treatment program – one of four run by local governments in Virginia...
Opioids in Alexandria: A growing problem
Few people or communities remain untouched by the opioid crisis that has seemingly reached its tentacles into every corner of the United States.
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