Amid declines in non-fatal overdoses, local addiction treatment options for youth are taking hold

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

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