Call me naive had no idea the drug problem is this bad in the DMV area

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How can you get Narcan to have around just in case?

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Anonymous wrote:How can you get Narcan to have around just in case?

I live in Arlington County and there are sessions where you can get it for free and get trained from the county. Like a five minute process.

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Anonymous wrote:yes cocaine is widely used but its not killing kids the way the opioids are (many laced with fentanyl) that's the truly horrifying part. NO SCHOOL is exempt from this, so please stop clutching you pearls and understand this does not discriminate.

True.

China is very intentionally waging a reverse-opium war against the U.S. and the EU. Fentanyl is everywhere.

Np. What do you mean by this?

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Anonymous wrote:How can you get Narcan to have around just in case?

If you can get to DC, here's the list of free distribution sites: https://dbh.dc.gov/page/where-can-i-get-naloxone-dc

You could also probably call your local health department and ask the easiest way to get it in your community.

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My kids go to a less wealthy school. There are drugs around, but for the most part the kids don't go to rehab - they end up in the ER or jail instead.

In any school, the drugs travel in social circles. Kids can avoid them if they want to. For my kid, going to a funeral for a sports teammate who OD'ed early in high school was enough to convince him to never go near the stuff.

The scary thing is that fentanyl is being slipped into everything these days, including pills that are disguised to look like black market prescription drugs. It doesn't take a years-long addiction to OD, it can happen in one dose.

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agree the fentanyl is by far the scariest things- it had made its way at an alarming rate into the hands of high school kids, local schools, they can get it easily and even if they are not searching for it, other party drugs are laced with it. 2 kids we know well who i never in a million years would have thought would develo9p addition issues have. One if out of rehab and so far sober (as far as I have heard from my daughter) the other has been in rehab for over 3 months. Some want to turn the other way, I say this can happen to anyone. Its a cautionary tale to any parent willing to o9pen their eyes, private OR public!

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sorry for typos^ did that on my phone and without glasses!

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What exactly are they going to rehab for? Weed? Stronger?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at TJHSST and no drugs - alcohol yet (sophomore), but my guess is the fact that the kids are all over the place reduces the party risk anyway.

At our base school, Meridian, he knew of friends drinking in 8th grade.

My kid attends a College with a lot of TJHSST kids and similar top schools. Well, he says those kids like hard drugs and popping pills... my regular kid sticks to beer.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they going to rehab for? Weed? Stronger?

I can’t imagine anyone going to rehab for weed.. usually it’s opioids

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Anonymous wrote:Make sure your kids carry narcan and know how to use it. And put the fear of god into them re: fentanyl. It is so, so scary.

Pushing back on this. As scary and horrible as it is, I don’t think minors have a responsibility to take it on themselves to have narcan at the ready.

Minors who are experimenting with these drugs or socializing with those who are should have it! What part of "there's no coming back from dying" do you not get? It's not the minors' "responsibility" so far as no one can sue them or their parents if they don't have Narcan with them, but if they're experimenting why would you not want them to have it?

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Anonymous wrote:what i am saying is that kids are using hard drugs, opioids, synethtics like kratom, xaxan likes it aspirin, pot is the least of it. The situation is very bad. My friend who is a counselor says there has been a task formed with several schools to address it. Not all families involved are wealthy but 3 are and no one really knew until recently. One is my friend so she came out and opened up to me. It has destroyed them. The son is away for months now hopefully getting the help he needs. Ironically the kid who gave him the pill laced with fentanyl was one of his teammates. They have hired an attorney but this "ring" goes apparently really deep and they are not sure thy want to make this public for many reasons. not sure what will happen. just wanted to give a heads up to everyone. these kids i refer to are your all American well rounded, well liked kids- i was and am still shocked. and these are the ones I know of, am sure there are more.

I don't know how you could be so clueless. Everyone knows this, OP. It could be your kid, it could be any kid. We're not stupid.

NP: Don't be ridiculous PP. Of course "Everyone" does NOT know this. You did, many do, but clearly many parents have no idea. A lot of parents make the mistake of thinking that because they created these kids and have raised them, they KNOW them so well that they'd know if they were using. And most of those parents would be wrong about that.

Stop shaming people for something that is absurdly wrong, no, "everyone" does not know this stuff. That is how it gets even more out of control than it usually is in waves, because it's suddenly a wave of more parent awareness and checking their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they going to rehab for? Weed? Stronger?

from what I am hearing mostly opioids and xanax often a combination

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Rich kids do more drugs, and scarier ones

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Get a Narcan kit from county health department. Keep one in the house and one in the car (or kids car). Teach your kid how to use it and how to know when to call 911. Talk about the plan for what you will do if they call you for help, for them or a friend (ie will you help them, will they be in trouble, etc).