Our bill passed! Increased access to affordable Naloxone
On March 2nd, H.B. 842 was signed and approved by the Governor of Virginia. The CAF initiated the creation of this bill and advocated it...
Learn More About the Opioid Crisis
Located at the Saint Luke Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101
Narcan has truly been a lifesaving drug
Beth Schmidt always begins her opioid-awareness sessions by introducing her boy. At one such event, she motions toward his photos — the...
VA woman fights heroin epidemic, one dose of Narcan at a time
Six people died from heroin overdoses in Fairfax County this week. Police believe five of the six may have been connected to a batch of...
1 Week, 5 dead of opioid overdoses in Fairfax Co.; foundation offers Narcan
WASHINGTON — Six people died from drug overdoses in the past week in Fairfax County and five of those deaths were linked to opioids,...
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I looked for a state that's taken the opioid epidemic seriously. I found Vermont.
"Vermont declared am emergency over the opioid crisis and actually did something about it." "According to figures from the Centers for...
Police Officer's Experiment to Fight Opioid Epidemic Starts with Ditching Uniform
For 22 years, Deputy Charles Johnson has started his workday by putting on his police uniform. But he won't be wearing that uniform...
Learning to Face Opioid Overdose Crisis
Ginny Atwood Lovitt is the executive director of the Chris Atwood Foundation (CAF), an organization that she founded with her family in...
