How often are students overdosing at school in FCPS HS? Is the problem overblown by media?

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Anonymous wrote:Plus, like an EpiPen, you use it when you SUSPECT an allergic reaction. In this case you are SUSPECTING a drug overdose. It could very well end up being something else and the data would be skewed.


It is skewed now. Right now we have school people saying trust us it is a problem whole some parents saying not at our school bc we never hear any incidents being reported.


Madison and Oakton share a "specialized" (not guidance counselor or social worker) drug counselor. Imagine there are enough cases at school to keep him employed.


All FCPS high schools have or share a SAPS. I think it stands for substance abuse prevention specialist.


Ours only works at one school but never seems to leave their office all day.


Because they are meeting with students or pushing paper?
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Anonymous wrote:With two kids in HS and a spouse that works with adolescents for the county, I can assure you that the problem is real.


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Anonymous wrote:https://www.fcps.edu/OpioidMeeting


From this website:

“ In Fairfax County, there were four fatal overdoses within the 0-17 year old age group in 2022. ”


So incredible tragic. Unclear where these deaths occurred.


So then the issue is media hype. 4 out of what, 184,000? That’s nothing except to the individual families.


This is only the kids who died. Multiple it by at least 20-30 times that to get the number that ODed.


Sure, but that’s the problem. How many OD’d at schools / on school grounds within FCPS? Until you show the numbers we can say it’s hype or the sky is falling. Show us the actual data.

Schools are hiding the massive quantity of illegal drugs seen on school property.
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Anonymous wrote:With two kids in HS and a spouse that works with adolescents for the county, I can assure you that the problem is real.


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The question is to what degree? I believe it is a problem based on my kids observations as well as my own BUT schools provides no data to back it up. AND when you ask about it, it is largely blown off. It’s like what kid that had to be picked up off the ground disrupting carpool (OD). Like that didn’t happen.
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Anonymous wrote:With two kids in HS and a spouse that works with adolescents for the county, I can assure you that the problem is real.


+1



The question is to what degree? I believe it is a problem based on my kids observations as well as my own BUT schools provides no data to back it up. AND when you ask about it, it is largely blown off. It’s like what kid that had to be picked up off the ground disrupting carpool (OD). Like that didn’t happen.

Just awful.
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