Tag: fentanyl

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] City officials are taking steps to respond to a recent spike in opioid overdoses in Alexandria, particularly among youth. According to a...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The number of opioid overdoses rose about 36% in Alexandria during 2020, reflecting statewide and national spikes in both fatal...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Virginia man was convicted this week of a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl, Alexandria Commonwealth's Attorney Bryan...

By Alexa Epitropoulos and Missy Schrott | [email protected] Before the opioid epidemic reached a fever pitch in 2015, the Alexandria Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Lieutenant Michael Kochis, commander of the Alexandria Police Department’s vice and narcotics section, said the feeling of addiction withdrawal from...

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...

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...