Tag: opioid treatment program
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...
Town hall meeting held on local opioid crisis
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
A town hall titled “A community conversation: Heroin & other opioids” took place Feb. 28 at the Minnie Howard Campus...
Alexandria Police Department responds to six overdoses in a week
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
An uptick in overdoses over the span of a week has the Alexandria Police Department concerned.
Local law enforcement responded to six...
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...
