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From YouTube: Substance Abuse Town Hall Meeting
Description
Recorded at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia on May 2 2018.
A
Good
evening,
everyone
thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight
just
to
get
your
attention.
These
are
not
binoculars,
have
an
idea
what
they
might
be
they're
a
flask,
exactly
right.
If
you
haven't
taken
a
moment
to
step
into
the
resource
officers,
room
where
they're
teaching
CPR
and
showing
you
things
like
this
really
interesting
information.
There
I
showed
one
to
the
police
officers
who
said
well,
we
usually
don't
mess
with
the
young
lady's
tampons.
This
is
also
a
flask
and
they
have
a
few
in
there.
The
vice
squad.
A
This
is
water
on
top,
not
in
here
it's
a
hiding
place,
that's
from
the
vice
squad.
This
is
not
conditioner.
It's
sold
this
way
on
Amazon,
if
you,
google,
booze,
flasks
or
fake
flasks.
These
things
are
designed.
They
are
marketed
to
kids,
to
hide
them
from
the
authorities
to
hide
them
from
you
to
hide
them
from
parents.
A
A
The
whole
country
has
a
drug
problem
and
we're
here
in
this
room
because
we
care-
and
we
want
to
fix
it-
we
had
our
first
Town
Hall
back
in
October
and
we
talk
specifically
about
opioids
and
how
they're
affecting
our
community
and
got
feedback
from
people
in
that
meeting
that
you
wanted
to
know
exactly
what
is
Arlington
County
doing
to
fight
back
against
drugs.
What
are
the
schools
doing
for
our
student
population?
A
What
resources
are
available
for
addicted
individuals
and
families,
especially
as
they
try
to
enter
into
recovery
and
what
each
of
you
in
the
community
can
do?
So
we
want
to
answer
those
questions
from
you:
we're
going
to
talk
to
our
panel
of
experts
here
they
will
each
present
some
information
and
then
we
want
to
make
time
for
you
to
ask
any
question
you
might
have
and
we
have
microphones
in
the
front
of
the
room.
So
really
we
wanted
to
say
the
last
40
minutes
or
so
for
that.
A
A
We
want
you
to
know,
and
maybe
you
already
know,
that
drug
use
has
no
color,
no
income
level,
no
age.
No,
look.
We
want
to
help
remove
the
stigma
that
people
with
drug
dependence
are
the
others
that
they
would
not
be
anyone
that
you
would
be
in
contact
with.
They
are
people,
we
know
they're
people,
we
admire
they're
people,
we
love
they're
people,
we
care
about
oftentimes.
If
we
could,
let
them
see
their
own
potential,
we
could
help
them.
A
These
are
all
people
who
have
died.
These
are
all
children
who
have
died
from
drug
overdose
in
2013
drug
overdose
took
over
as
the
leading
cause
of
unnatural
death
in
Virginia.
No
more
was
it
gun
related
incidents.
No
more
was
it
automobile
accidents,
it
was
drug
use
and
we're
talking
about
prescription
drug
use
as
well
as
heroin
and
illegal
drug
use.
The
opioids
opioids
have
been
the
driving
force
behind
the
large
increases
in
fatal
overdoses
since
2013.
A
Fentanyl
caused
or
contributed
to
the
death
of
over
50
percent
of
fatal
overdoses
in
2017.
Rural
areas
of
Virginia
have
the
highest
mortality
rates
due
to
prescription
opioids,
but
urban
areas
like
Arlington
and
our
area
have
the
highest
mortality
rates
due
to
illicit
opioids.
Like
heroin
Virginia
experienced
the
largest
increase,
Virginia
did
in
the
entire
country,
38%
in
the
number
of
fatal
overdoses
on
record
in
2016
compared
to
2015.
We
have
a
crisis.
A
This
one,
when
we
look
at
the
overdoses
and
the
record
of
overdoses,
between
2013
and
2017
from
heroin
or
other
opioids
in
2013
Arlington
County
saw
none
in
2014
Arlington
saw
7,
2015,
8,
2016
42:20
1774,
it's
a
trend.
We
have
to
stop
tonight.
We
are
joined
by
an
amazing
panel
here
of
people
who
are
experts,
people
who
have
been
heartbroken
by
this
epidemic.
We
I
want
to
begin
by
introducing
mark
Atwood
and
Ginny
at
would
love
it,
who
have
dedicated
their
lives
to
saving
other
families
after
they
lost
their
son.
A
He
had
become
addicted
to
heroin
at
the
age
of
15.
Before
that
it
was
just
a
little
bit
of
alcohol.
It
was
just
a
little
bit
of
marijuana.
It
was
hiding
things
in
his
back
of
his
speaker
system
and
then
15.
He
got
addicted
to
heroin
and
he
died
at
21
they've
devoted
their
lives
and
created
a
foundation
to
help
other
families
and
also
to
increase
access
to
the
drug
that
can
help
revive
a
person
who
has
overdosed
so
they're
going
to
talk
about
that
detective
Jacki
Pugin.
A
She
has
been
with
Arlington
County
Police
Department
27
years
she's
from
New
York
City
she's
been
a
school
resource
officer
for
the
last
eight
years
and
she
covers
this
school
Kenmore
Campbell
elementary
Karlin
Springs,
Elementary,
st.
Agnes,
st.
Anne
and
st.
Thomas,
More
I
hope
you're,
not
the
only
one.
That's
a
lot!
That's
a
lot
of
coverage
she's.
Also
the
safety
patrol
coordinator
for
all
of
Arlington
vanessa,
zoria
Zuniga
is
a
licensed
professional,
counselor
and
certified.
A
Abuse
counselor.
She
focuses
on
psychology
she's
also
a
Child
and
Family
Therapist
in
Arlington.
Then
me
has
20
years
of
clinical
experience
and
has
provided
college
counseling,
community
and
mental
health
and
home
based
services.
He
supervises
an
outpatient
unit
in
the
Behavioral
Health
Bureau
and
serves
as
the
director.
C
A
She
is
in
the
Bureau
of
residential
and
specialized
clinical
services
in
the
behavioral
health
care
division
of
the
apartment
of
Human
Services
here
in
Arlington
she's,
the
clinical
manager
for
the
drug
court,
as
well
as
oversees
the
addiction,
Corrections
treatment
and
mental
health
programs
in
the
jail
abusers,
intervention
program,
Clarendon
house
and
a
few
others.
So
thank
you
so
much
to
our
panel.
A
D
Good
evening,
so
this
became
obvious.
I've
worked
with
adults,
my
whole
career,
but
became
obvious
that
we
were
having
a
problem
in
the
county
when
three
of
our
finest
officers
approached
my
supervisor:
John
Palmeri,
who's,
the
division
chief
for
behavioral
healthcare
and
said
we're
having
a
huge
increase
in
the
number
of
opioid
overdoses.
What
can
we
do
about
this?
So
we
built
the
stakeholders
task
force
to
address
it
and
in
doing
that,
we
realized
what
we
really
needed
to
do
was
also
to
look
at
prevention,
so
not
having
ever
worked
with
children.
D
I
don't
to
this
and
have
found
many
amazing
resources
and
collaborative
people
to
work
with
to
look
at.
What's
going
on
so
I'm
gonna
ask
Vanessa
in
a
minute
to
talk
about
the
school
piece
and
also
Lynn
in
Norma.
To
talk
about
that.
But
I'll
say
one
of
the
things
that
we're
really
trying
to
focus
on
is
recognizing
that
the
best
way
to
stop
people
from
getting
into
an
opioid
overdose
is
to
prevent
them
from
ever
using
in
the
first
place,
and
our
goal
is
to
identify
what
we
have.
D
Maybe
in
the
past,
looked
at
as
minor
drugs,
marijuana
alcohol,
those
type
of
things
and
acknowledge
that
if
people
start
using
at
an
early
age,
the
chance
of
them
developing,
a
significant
problem
is
my
higher.
If
they
start
using
at
all
their
chance
of
developing
a
problem
is
significant.
So
we're
really
trying
to
target
that-
and
this
program
is
in
fact
a
part
of
us
trying
to
target
and
educate
the
community
and
work
on
prevention.
E
Good
evening
my
name
is
Vanessa.
Zuniga
I
am
a
substance
abuse
counselor
here
at
APs
there
are
two
sub.
There
are
six
substance:
abuse,
counselors
and
I
will
go
ahead
and
introduce
them
right.
Now
we
have
mr.
Edgardo
Santos,
who
is
assigned
to
Wakefield
High
School
in
Arlington
Mill
Community
High
School.
We
have
MS
Maria
Luisa
ceballos,
who
is
the
Washington
Li
substance,
abuse,
counselor
and
also
Langston
high
school
continuation
program.
We
have
Mr
Bond
bowler,
who
is
a
substance
abuse
counselor
at
HB,
Woodlawn
middle
school,
HB,
Woodlawn
high
school
in
Williamsburg
middle
school.
E
We
have
miss
Jenny,
Sexton,
who's,
Kenmore,
middle
school
substance,
abuse
counselor
in
Swanson,
middle
school
substance,
abuse
counselor.
We
also
have
dr.
Mila,
Vasquez
Gatzke
who's,
not
here
and
she's,
assigned
to
Yorktown
high
school
and
New
Directions
alternative
high
school
and
I
am
at
the
Career
Center
Gunston
middle
school
and
Jefferson
middle
school.
We're
also
myself,
Miss,
Sexton
and
Miss
bowler
are
assigned
a
cluster
of
elementary
schools
so
that
we
can
provide
ongoing
support
and
resources
throughout
the
school
year.
But
in
essence,
what
we
do
at
the
schools.
E
Our
job
duties
can
be
divided
into
three
categories.
We
provide
education
and
prevention,
which
entails
consists
of
presentations
to
parents,
to
faculty
and
to
students.
We
focus
a
lot
on
teaching
them
about
the
current
trends,
the
effects
that
it
has
on
the
adolescent
brain
as
well
as
strategies
to
manage
the
pressures
to
use.
E
The
second
category
of
what
we
we
do
as
substance
abuse
counselors,
is
screening
and
early
interventions
where
we
provide
supportive
counseling
to
students
who
are
referred
to
us
because
of
a
substance
use
related
incident.
When
we
meet
with
students,
we
screen
to
determine
the
level
of
risk
for
developing
an
issue
with
substances.
We
attempt
to
rule
out
any
underlying
emotional
issues
and
make
recommendations
based
on
the
assess
need
students
usually
get
referred
to
us
by
an
administrator
or
a
concern
faculty
other
times.
E
A
parent
may
call
us
reach
out
to
us
and
ask
if
we
could
provide
supportive
counseling
to
their
child,
but
once
we
get
that
referral,
our
meetings
with
the
students
are
completely
confidential,
as
we
adhere
to
a
federal
regulation
code,
CFR
42
part
2,
which
basically
says
that
information
may
only
be
shared
with
us
with
a
signed
consent
for
release
of
information.
We
would
prefer
that
the
student
13
and
older
and
the
parent
sign
that
release
before
we
share
any
information
with
an
administrator
with
a
teacher
or
with
an
outside
provider.
E
E
Gets
an
out-of-school
suspension
for
a
substance
related
incident
and
they
choose
the
alternative
to
a
suspension
program
called
second-chance.
The
substance
abuse
counselor
will
work
with
the
student
and
the
family
to
orient
them
to
that
three
day.
Program
ensure
a
seamless
registration
process
can
also
follow
up
with
the
student
after
they
complete
the
program.
We
also
provide
supportive
counseling
to
students
who
are
stepping
down
from
a
residential
treatment
program
and
would
benefit
from
support
to
implement
that
relapse
prevention
plan
in
the
final
category
of
the
what
we
do.
E
It's
consultation,
referral
and
linkage
to
community
resources
we're
available
for
confidential
consultations.
If
you
have
questions
on
how
to
access
adolescent
substance,
abuse
treatment,
service
services
at
the
patient-level
at
the
intensive
outpatient
level
or
the
residential
treatment
level,
we
have
compiled
a
list
of
local
resources
that
offer
treatment
services
that
not
only
address
substance,
use
disorders,
but
also
co-occurring
issues
where
they're
addressing
both
a
mental
health
and
substance
abuse.
Concurrently.
E
Additionally,
we
can
provide
a
list
of
local
self-help
groups.
The
12-step
groups
such
as
aana
and
Ellen
on
that
can
be
helpful
for
families
that
are
starting
the
recovery
process.
But
if
you
have
any
questions
or
would
like
additional
information,
please
stop
by
our
table
at
the
end
or
reach
out
to
us
at
one
of
the
schools,
we'll
be
more
than
happy
to
walk
you
through
the
process.
Thank
you.
A
F
F
Quite
a
number
and
I
want
to
address
my
remarks,
particularly
to
you
folks,
but
I'm,
coming
from
a
perspective
that
I
suspect
you
don't
really
want
to
hear,
and
that
is
the
perspective
of
someone
who
has
stood
by
helplessly
as
someone
that
they
love
more
than
life
itself,
has
been
captured
and
brought
down
and
ultimately
killed
by
this
diabolical
disease
of
addiction.
For
six
years,
my
son
Christopher
battled
a
heroin
addiction.
F
Finally,
passing
away
of
five
years
ago
at
the
age
of
21,
I
want
I
want
to
tell
you
a
little
more
about
what
led
to
that,
but
first
more
than
anything
I
want
to.
Let
you
get
to
know
Christopher
a
bit
and
I
wish.
I
could
show
some
pictures,
so
you
could
get
a
little
bit
better
feeling,
but
more
than
anything,
I
believe
that
will
will
show
you
just
how
insidious
and
hard
to
identify
this
disease
really
is
Christopher
was
the
anti
stereotype
in
in
just
about
every
way.
F
He
was
the
all-american
boy,
big,
extremely
good-looking.
He
was
kept
himself
in
great
shape.
He
was
probably
the
most
charismatic
individual
I've
ever
known
and
because
of
all
this,
he
was
extremely
popular
in
school.
He
had
this
50,000
watt
smile
that
could
just
light
up
a
room
and
he
knew
how
to
use
it
to
good
effect
on
young.
Ladies
I
think
the
most
notable
thing
about
him,
though,
was
his
incredibly
sharp
and
quick
wit
and
his
zany
sense
of
humor,
which
one
of
his
friends
described
as
perfectly
inappropriate.
F
His
practical
jokes
were
the
stuff
of
legend
and
he
seldom
missed
an
opportunity
to
embarrass
me
publicly.
Although
usually
there
was
a
very
good
lesson
to
be
learned
somehow,
but
all
this
tended
to
obscure
the
fact
that
Christopher
was
actually
an
incredibly
deep
person.
I
could
remember
some
wonderfully
deep
conversations
that
we
had
particularly
later
on
in
his
life.
It
was
extremely
sensitive
and
very
caring,
particularly
for
those
who
he
understood
to
be
going
through
their
own
struggles.
For
example
in
school.
F
It
always
reached
out
to
the
kids,
who
were
excluded,
the
mentally
or
physically
handicapped
kids
and
would
bring
them
into
the
cool
crowd.
They
loved
him
for
that
even
just
a
year
before
he
died.
He
walked
into
a
men's
room
late
one
evening
and
happened
on
a
young
man
about
his
age,
with
a
razor
blade
to
his
wrist.
He
was
about
to
commit
suicide
and
they
they
sat
there
on
the
floor
and
Christopher
talked
to
him,
listened
to
him
for
an
hour
and
by
the
time
they
were
done.
F
The
kid
was
laughing,
but
this
sensitivity
that
he
had
was
born
of
some
real
suffering,
not
only
suffering
from
the
addiction,
but
even
before
that
and
something
that
led
to
the
addiction.
What
we
didn't
realize
was
that
Christopher
was
suffering
from
depression
and
anxiety
and
ADHD.
He
did
such
a
good
job
of
covering
it
up.
You
just
would
never
expect
that
he
was
kind
of
a
wild
fun.
Zany
kid
very
creative,
but
you
wouldn't
think
that
this
was
going
on
inside
of
him,
but
this
led
him,
like
so
many
others
to
self-medicate.
F
You
know
a
lot
of
people
think
that
people
who
use
drugs
are
trying
to
get
high
they're
chasing
the
thrilled,
but
most
of
the
time
they're
just
trying
to
feel
normal
they're
trying
to
feel
like
most
of
us
feel
most
of
the
time
so
by
the
age
of
14.
He
was
in
middle
school
and
Johnny
Sexton
was
his.
Was
his
substance
abuse
counselor?
He
was
trying
all
different
kinds
of
drugs.
F
Probably
the
scariest
part
was
right
at
the
beginning,
when
we
were
trying
to
come
to
grips
with
this
thing
that
had
suddenly
taken
over
our
beautiful
son
and
brother.
We
didn't
know
where
to
turn.
We
didn't
know
what
to
do.
We
knew
we
had
to
do
something,
but
what
it
was
very
much
like
being
lost
in
the
jungle
in
the
dark
without
a
flashlight,
and
that's
actually
happened
to
me
on
two
occasions
and
I'll
tell
you
this
was
incredibly
scarier
than
that.
F
Of
course
everybody
knew
what
that
was,
but
there
wasn't
anything
that
they
could
do
about
it
until
the
state
lab
had
processed
the
sample
and
it
took
them
six
months
to
do
that,
so
they
couldn't
bring
charges
couldn't
get
their
hands
around
him,
and
during
that
time
we
just
had
to
watch
helplessly
as
his
life
absolutely
spun
out
of
control.
It
was
terrifying.
F
We
went
to
county
and
state
officials
at
the
juvenile
court
officials
saying,
isn't
there
something
that
you
can
do
to
take
him
in
and
put
him
somewhere
where
he,
where
he
can't
get
any
worse,
but
there
really
wasn't
anything
that
we
could
do.
But
finally,
we
were
able
to
convince
him
that
he
needed
help
and
he
voluntarily
submitted
himself
to
rehab.
Well.
This
was
the
beginning
of
quite
as
chain
of
rehab
experiences,
six
of
them
in
all
of
varying
levels
of
effectiveness.
But
this
is
a
familiar
cycle
to
people
who
deal
with
addiction.
F
They
have
their
rehab,
followed
by
a
period
of
sobriety,
followed
by
a
relapse,
sometimes
trouble
with
the
law,
and
then
they
start
all
over
again,
and
this
by
the
way
is,
is
why,
if
you
look
at
the
statistics,
you'll
get
the
impression
that
rehab
is
extremely
ineffective.
Well,
it's
not
quite
that
simple.
The
problem
is
that
that
hardly
anybody
can
make
do
with
just
one
rehab.
They
may
have
to
go
to
multiple
six,
eight,
sometimes
10
experiences
rehab
before.
Finally,
it
takes
root.
F
All
of
this
was
extremely
hard
on
him,
but
most
of
the
time
over
the
last
four
years
of
his
life,
he
really
seemed
like
he
had
a
grip
on
it.
He
seemed
like
he
was
making
great
progress
in
his
life
and
he
really
was
getting
better.
Only
just
the
subtle
hints
from
time
to
time
told
us
that
maybe
things
were
not
quite
the
way
they
they
seemed
and
I
got
to
tell
you.
It
is
very
difficult
to
find
if
somebody
is
really
relapsing.
F
F
It
would
have
been
very
easy
and
very
tempting
for
us
to
just
give
up
hope
at
that
point.
That
simply
was
not
an
option
for
us.
It
was
not
open.
We
knew
what
we
had
to
do.
We
had
to
continue
the
work
that
he
was
already
about
reaching
out
and
trying
to
help
people
who
was
were
going
through
the
same
struggle
that
he
was
experiencing.
F
Ginny
will
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
the
Chris
Atwood
foundation,
but
let
me
just
say
that
it
has
been
a
journey
that
we
never
would
have
signed
up
for,
but
it
has
been
so
incredibly
in
deeply
rewarding
on
so
many
levels
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
there
is
hope
we
wouldn't
be
here
if
there
weren't
hope.
That's
what
we're
all
about-
and
we
see
this
in
the
lives
of
people
every
day
that
we
deal
with,
who
are
working
day
by
day
with
a
very
difficult
struggle,
but
they're
on
the
uphill
path.
F
There
never
was
a
time
when
I
wasn't
proud
of
Christopher,
not
because
of
anything,
particularly
he
was
doing
at
the
moment,
but
just
because
of
who
he
was
and
I
feel
that,
through
his
foundation,
God
is
actually
using
him
even
now
to
bring
some
light
and
hope
into
some
very
dark
places.
Jenny
can
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
how
we're
doing
that.
H
Good
evening,
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
My
name
is
Jenny
Atwood
love
it
and
I'm.
The
executive
director
of
the
kris
atwood
foundation,
which,
as
you
heard,
was
founded
in
memory
of
my
brother,
and
I
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
of
the
gaps
that
we
slipped
through
as
a
family
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
the
kris
atwood
foundation
is
trying
to
fill
those
gaps
for
other
families.
H
So
the
first
glaring
gap
that
really
struck
our
family-
and
you
heard
in
my
dad's
telling
of
the
story-
was
that
Christopher
had
many
different
mental
illnesses
and
conditions
that
were
affecting
him
that
were
making
life
harder
for
him
that
he
hid
very
very
well.
He
was
a
great
a
actor,
but
why
did
he
have
to
hide
it
at
all?
And
that
was
because
of
the
stigma,
of
course,
not
necessarily
the
stigma
of
addiction,
because
he
hadn't
really
gone
down
that
path
yet,
but
it
is
the
stigma
of
mental
illness
and
I.
H
Think
that
that's
something
that
is
so
interwoven
with
the
stories
of
addiction
that
we
hear
most
of
the
students
most
of
the
kids
or
whoever
that's
getting
addicted,
the
majority
of
them
have
a
co-occurring
mental
illness
as
well.
You
know,
so
maybe
if
we
had
a
culture
in
this
country
in
this
state
in
this
county
that
we
could
all
openly
talk
about
mental
illness.
H
You
know
he
may
have
felt
more
comfortable
talking
about
that
before
it
got
to
the
point
where
he
began
self-medicating,
so
you
know
we
we
openly
speak
about
that
part
of
his
story
in
an
effort
to
encourage
people
to
be
open,
talk
about
it,
ask
people
how
they're
feeling-
and
you
know,
dig
for
a
real
answer,
not
just
that.
Oh
yeah
I'm,
fine,
you
know,
and
then
they
go
home
and
cry
themselves
to
sleep
every
night
right.
So
we
need
to
be
having
these
conversations.
H
The
second
problem
was
that,
despite
the
fact
that
Christopher
in
the
last
two
years
of
his
life,
he
really
really
stabilized
the
the
four
years
prior
to
that
were
a
roller
coaster.
He
was
disappearing.
He
was
ending
up
in
the
juvenile
detention
system.
All
of
these
horrible
things
were
spiraling
out
of
control,
but
in
the
last
two
years
of
his
life
he
really
stabilized
on
a
medication
called
suboxone.
He
started
getting
his
life
back
together.
He
was
going
to
support
group
meetings
almost
every
single
day.
He
was
going
to
the
gym.
H
Almost
every
day
he
went
back
to
school,
which
we
weren't
sure
he
was
even
gonna
be
able
to
do,
and
he
was
in
the
process
of
looking
for
a
job,
so
things
were
going
really
well,
while
he
was
on
this
medication,
which
many
many
people
need
this
medication
to
survive
their
addiction,
just
like
somebody
who
has
hypertension
takes
medication,
just
like
somebody
who
has
diabetes,
takes
insulin
many
times.
People
need
to
take
it
long
term
and
that's
okay,
that's
how
you
treat
chronic
diseases.
H
Unfortunately,
there's
a
big
stigma
out
there
against
people
who
are
on
certain
types
of
medication
for
addiction,
because
they
say
that
it's
using
a
crutch
that
people
who
were
in
his
in
his
community
the
recovery
community
at
the
support
group
meetings
that
he
went
to,
he
was
hearing
from
them
that
yo
you're
not
really
clean
because
you're
on
that
stuff.
So
you
need
to
get
off
of
it
and
he
wanted
to
fit
in.
You
know
he
wanted.
H
He
was
a
people
pleaser,
and
so
he
went
off
of
his
medication
before
he
was
ready
and
he
was
dead
within
two
months.
So
you
know
when
we
say
that
the
stigma
of
addiction
and
the
stigma
of
mental
illness
are
deadly.
We
mean
it.
It
was
extremely
deadly
for
Christopher.
So
that
was
that's.
Another
thing
that
we
advocate
a
lot
for
is
for
the
D
stigmatization
of
people
who
need
medication
to
survive
their
illness,
and
we
fully
support
the
use
of
that.
H
H
But
none
of
the
treatment
centers
told
us
about
naloxone,
which,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
naloxone,
it
is
a
medication
that
reverses
a
you
ate
overdose,
so
it
can
be
given
as
an
intramuscular
injection
or
as
a
nasal
spray
and
it
deactivates
the
effects
of
the
opioids.
So
it
can
take
people
from
laying
on
the
floor
with
blue
lips
and
blue
fingertips,
not
breathing
to
up
and
walking
and
talking
sometimes
in
as
little
as
thirty
seconds.
So
it's
really
they've,
nicknamed
it
the
Lazarus
drug,
because
it
seemingly
raises
people
from
the
dead.
H
Everybody
should
be
carrying
it.
The
US
Surgeon
General,
if
you
missed
it
a
couple
weeks
ago,
released
the
very
first
advisory
from
that
office
in
over
13
years,
requesting
that
community
members
start
carrying
naloxone
so
that
we
can
be
lay
rescuers
out
in
the
community
and
and
save
people.
The
we
have
had
a
lot
of
progress
since
Christopher
was
alive,
but
unfortunately
none
of
the
treatment
centers
told
us
it
existed.
So
when
I
came
home
in
February
of
2013
and
I
found
him
unresponsive,
there
was
nothing.
I
could
do
but
call
9-1-1
and
wait.
H
You
know,
and
and
would
things
have
been
different
if
I
had
had
it?
Maybe
but
I
think
that
also
highlights
the
stigma,
because
if
this
was
any
other
disease,
I
mean
imagine
you
know
if
you
had
a
child,
and
maybe
some
of
you
do
with
a
potentially
deadly
allergy,
and
you
know
you
took
them
to
the
top-of-the-line
allergist
in
the
country
and
they
didn't
tell
you
that
EpiPens
existed
and
make
sure
that
you
have
one
I
mean
how
mad
would
you
be.
It
would
be
preposterous
to
even
think
about,
because
it
just
wouldn't
happen.
H
You
know
it
would.
It
would
be
considered
medical
malpractice,
but
we
see
things
like
this
happening
all
the
time.
People
are
calling
addiction
a
disease,
but
not
treating
it
like
one.
So
we
have
made
it
our
driving
mission
at
the
Chris
out
foundation
to
try
to
make
sure
that
nobody
else
finds
themselves
in
a
situation
where
they
need
a
naloxone
and
don't
have
it
because,
let
me
tell
you
it
sucks,
so
we
started
offering
revived
trainings
throughout
the
area.
H
Revived
trainings
are
about
an
hour
long
emergency
response
training,
everybody
gets
a
free
kit
and
if
you
come
to
one
of
our
trainings,
you
can
also
get
free
naloxone
and
we
are
offering
that
to
anybody
who
needs
it
and
many
more
people
need
it
than
they
realize
not
just
it's
not
just
for
people
who
are
have
a
known,
opioid
addiction.
It's
also
for
anybody.
Who's
got
opioids
in
their
home,
for
any
reason,
accidents
happen.
Sometimes
you
know,
these
medications
are
prescription.
Painkillers
are
very
strong.
Somebody
might
a
kid
might
get
into
the
medicine
cabinet.
H
H
Having
naloxone
available
going
to
a
class
and
getting
trained
doesn't
mean
you're
out
stting
yourself
as
somebody
who
uses
heroin
or
that
somebody,
you
know,
does
it's
just
we
are
in
a
nationwide
state
of
emergency,
so
we
all
need
to
you
know,
do
our
part
and
and
be
prepared
for
it.
So
I
highly
urge
all
of
you
guys
since
you're
here
tonight.
You
obviously
care
sign
up
for
a
training.
We
offer
regular
trainings
throughout
the
month
at
our
booth
out
there.
H
We
have
a
flyer
that
lists
the
training
times
and
the
the
community
services
boards
and
the
health
department's
throughout
Northern
Virginia.
Also
many
of
them
offer
trainings
as
well
so
I.
Well,
I,
guess:
I
will
leave
it
at
that,
but
I'm,
looking
forward
to
your
questions
at
the
end,
I
think
that's
the
best
part.
You
know
hearing
from
you
guys
what
you
want
to
know.
So.
Thank
you.
A
The
app
was
recently
or
you
needed,
sat
down
with
me
for
an
interview
for
a
story
that
we're
doing
about
addiction,
and
so
when
she
said
I
want
you
to
see
pictures
of
my
brother
and
I
in
mark.
You
said
that
you
I
want
you
to
see
video
and
pictures.
My
son,
we
will
we'll
have
that
and
try
to
capture
some
of
his
spirit
and
the
wonderful
work
that
you're
doing
I
know
we
didn't
get
to
hear
a
chance
from
Lenise
Oh.
Would
you
like
to
make.
A
And
I
can
bring
it
over
to
you
if
you
want,
and
one
of
the
questions
I
had
to
is
a
lot
of
people
are
told
that
if
your
child
is
addicted,
it
can
take
two
years
to
overcome
an
addiction
and
if
residential
treatment
programs
are
just
28:29
days,
what
happens?
How
do
you
support
them?
The
rest
of
the
time
when
they
come
back
home.
I
C
I
The
grant
funds
to
full-time
staff
and
how
we
do
our
work
is
we
use
what's
called
strategic.
Strategic
prevention
framework
is
an
evidence-based,
comprehensive
program
that
looks
in
that
fully
assesses
what
the
needs
are,
what
our
capacity
is,
there's
a
planning
implementation
evaluation
and
we
sustain
the
program
through
cultural
competence
lenses.
The
program
is
very
data-driven.
What
goes
into
my
what
goes
into
our
work
plan.
Strategic
plan
is
mostly
data
from
the
youth
risk.
I
Behavior
survey
that
was
just
collected
in
2017
and
my
partner's
kim
Darren's
team
has
a
full
a
table
full
of
those
data.
So
if
you
haven't
seen
it,
please
stop
by
and
pick
it
up
as
colorful
ones
very,
very
telling.
So
how
do
we
do
prevention
work
in
the
county
with
just
two
staff?
So
we
collaborate
quite
a
bit
and
we
depend
on
our
coalition.
So
our
you
know
our
my
partner
in
crime
is
the
partnership.
Children,
families
from
there
there's
a
t
network
board.
I
We
work
closely
with
the
ready
coalition,
which
is
the
reduced
and
eliminate
alcohol
drug
use
by
youth
coalition,
and
we
work
with
our
Lincoln
Public
Schools
prevention
specialists
and
we
meet
with
the
admins
to
to
collaborate
and
to
expand
a
lot
of
our
prevention
programs
and
we
also
work
with
courts,
Services
Unit,
for
example,
through
the
Young
Achievers
program.
We
work
with
Auguste
house
to
implement.
I
I
The
second
area
that
we
focus
on
is
to
reduce
underage
drinking
and
binge
drinking.
Specifically,
we
are
starting
to
roll
out
a
program
where
we
are
at
the
court.
Monthly
we're
first-time
drivers
are
I,
guess
required
to
be
at
the
court
with
the
parents
to
get
their
licensing,
so
we're
kind
of
capturing
them
with
a
table
of
information
and
provide
some
education
there
and
the
third
which
really
stands
out
for
me
is
the
issue
of
vaping.
I
You
know
you've
all
heard
about
drooling.
That's
that's
a
huge
issue
right
now.
Our
cigarette
smoking
has
gone
down
the
combustible
tobacco
has
gone
down,
but
that
is
still
an
issue
that
we're
addressing.
We
have
a
program
where
we
do
vendor
education.
My
staff
and
I
mapped
out
the
whole
county.
We
drove
down
every
street
of
Arlington
to
map
out
of
tobacco
vendors
and
they
shops
and
what
we
do
there.
Yes
thank.
I
Is
a
jewel
very
cool-looking
looks
like
a
USB
Drive
thing.
This
is
how
you
charge
it.
This
is
the
the
capsule
where
the
liquid
saurian
it's
supposed
to
be
one
time
used,
but
you
can
do
tube
and
find
ways
for
you
to
recharge
it
or
refill
it
with
your
liquid
of
choice.
So
that
could
be
marijuana
oil
as
well.
It
is
I'm,
sorry
I'm,
jumping
too
to
Hoonah
help.
I
We
just
came
back
from
a
prevention
conference
and
the
truth
initiative
gave
a
really
good
talk
on
drooling,
and
so
this
is
use
is
so
big
now,
nationally
and
in
Arlington
that
the
sales
were
jewel,
for
example,
for
the
first
two
months
of
this
year
was
54
percent,
so
they
account
for
54
percent
of
earnings
in
all
electronic
nicotine
delivery
systems.
So
it's
such
a
big
company,
and
it's
so
concealable
that
you
can
see
kids
are
smoking
in.
I
Out
the
smoke
in
their
sweatshirt
or
this
shirt
and
the
teacher
would
not
see
it
right
also,
what
is
dangerous
about
jewel
is
that
the
nicotine
content
is
so
high.
There's
all
capsules,
all
the
flavors
have
nicotine
in
it,
and
the
absorption
rate
of
the
nicotine
is
just
as
fast
as
the
regular
cigarette
right.
Don't
get
just
a
hit
just
as
strong
as
a
cigarette.
I
Another
thing
about
you
and
I
move
on
is
that
within
the
Joule,
the
device
there's
what's
called
Near
Field
Communication
NFC,
where
the
jewels
can
communicate
with
one
another
right,
so
they
are
communicating.
So
it's
like
a
social
thing
that
they're
communicating
and
Jules
is
kind
of-
is
they're
very
smart,
that
they
work
with
lots
of
IT
folks
to
develop
these
things,
and
they
have
a
program
now,
with
all
the
complaints
about
kids,
smoking
jewel
jewel
is
saying
that.
I
Well,
this
is
not
made
for
children,
it's
not
made
for
under
18,
and
here
we
have
a
prevention
program
for
you.
So
the
program
is
called
the
jewel
labs.
School-Based
prevention
program
drew
is
offering
every
school
that
implements
that
program.
Ten
thousand
dollars
to
come
to
the
school
and
implement
a
prevention
program
and
what
they
do
is
they
actually
geomap.
I
I
We
caution
against
the
program
because
it's
the
same
tactic
that
the
tobacco
industry
used
when
they
first
started
right
when
they
first
started
selling
a
lot
and
people
are
complaining
about
the
negative
effects
and
they
come
out
with,
with
the
other
side
that
no
we're
actually
helping
to
prevent
this
and
here's
the
money
to
do
that.
So
we're
very
cautious
right
now
at
the
state
level,
in
terms
of
you
know,
don't
just
jump
on
it
and
get
we
don't
know.
What
else
is
you
know
gonna
be
distributed
in
terms
information
about
jewel,
so.
I
A
Right
so,
let's,
let's
try
to
I,
know
we're
all
passionate
I'm,
a
mother
of
a
teenager.
Also
I
was
the
first
TV
reporter
in
the
country
to
report
on
Jul
and
the
abuse
and
the
way
it's
being
used
in
schools.
I
can
give
you
the
name
of
the
Joule
labs
people
and
put
you
in
touch
with
them.
If
you
want
to
take
the
matter
into
your
own
hands,
arlington
county
obviously
will
look
at
this.
A
What's
so
insidious
about
it
is
that
you
know
joules
profits
were
up
six
hundred
percent
in
between
2016
and
2017,
and
almost
no
adult
had
heard
of
a
Joule.
So
we
know
that
our
children
are
the
ones
abusing
it.
Also.
The
FDA
has
drop-kicked
oversight
of
e-cigarettes
and
jool
from
2018
to
2022.
Now,
in
the
meantime
last
week,
the
FDA
did
step
in
and
send
warning
letters
to
Jul
so
did
members
of
Congress,
so
this
company
has
finally
come
to
the
attention
of
lawmakers
and
regulators.
A
So,
even
though
the
regulations
won't
kick
into
effect
until
2022
and
all
these
things
can
continue
to
create
nicotine
addicts
out
of
our
children,
the
FDA
is
finally
starting
to
step
up,
but
but
I
can
help
you
contact
that
company,
but
you're
right
to
ask
of
Arlington
County
is
going
to
take
advantage
that
offer.
But
you
know,
like
you,
said,
the
cigarette
companies
did
the
same
thing:
they're
happy
to
push
for
pro
cessation
programs,
but
then
still
have
you
buy
their
product.
Also
I
found
out-
and
we
put
this
in
a
report.
A
I
did
last
week
because
a
lot
of
adults
say
who
are
passionate
vapors.
They
say
well,
vaping
saved
me
from
cigarettes,
vaping
safer.
Well,
we
don't
know
the
damage
the
vaping
can
do
yet
and
you
can
find
Studies
on
both
sides.
The
Royal
Academy
in
the
UK
says
vaping
is
95
percent
safer
than
cigarettes,
and
then
you
also
find
the
American
Cancer
Society.
That's
we
do
believe.
Vaping
is
safer,
but
then
the
US
Surgeon
General
says
no.
There
are
toxins
in
there
and
we
have
yet
to
see
the
full
effect.
G
One
of
the
things
that
we
deal
with
in
in
collaborating
with
the
substance
abuse
counselor,
is
that
it
allows
the
students
to
see
us
in
a
different
light
and
be
able
to
approach
us
if
they
feel
that
they
have
a
problem
and
they
need
to
speak
to
someone,
and
here
I
can
more
that's
been
pretty
successful.
I've
had
kids
come
to
me
for
all
the
sorts
of
reasons
and
so
forth.
G
Some
of
the
things
that
we
have
seen
as
far
as
kids
experimenting
and
so
forth,
just
a
lot
of
the
packaging
vadym
that
was
shown
the
different
places
that
they
can
hide
things
you
guys,
as
parents
may
want
to
double
check
your
credit
card
receipts
and
statements.
You
may
want
to
double-check
your
Amazon
accounts
and
all
those
other
accounts
that
you
use,
because
we
have
had
kids
that
will
purchase
all
these
things,
like
the
jewels
and
stuff
like
that
and
the
items
to
conceal
all
this
stuff.
G
Unfortunately,
our
kids
are
in
the
mindset
that
it's
a
matter
of
quantity
versus
quality,
so
they'll
have
5,000
followers,
but
not
know
5,000
people,
and
so
you
guys
really
need
to
look
at
that
stuff.
Get
their
password,
take
their
phone
away
and
go
through
the
phone.
It's
your
phone.
It's
on
your
account.
You
bought
it.
You
spent
the
$800
on
it.
They
didn't
you
pay
the
bill,
look
through
it
and
again
make
sure
that
you
know
where
they
are,
where
they're
supposed
to
be.
G
We've
had
kids
tell
their
parents
or
we're
going
here,
but
they're
actually
in
the
woods,
and
the
reason
why
they're
in
the
woods
is
because
they
know
that
there's
no
supervision,
they
know
that
they
can
experiment
over
there
without
getting
caught
most
times,
and
the
thing
is
is
that
they
don't
know
what
they
were
experimenting
with,
and
so
that
can
become
very
dangerous
and
how
many
of
you
guys
know
for
a
fact
that
your
children
walk
around
with
an
actual
ID
card
to
identify
them
most?
Kids.
G
Don't
so
if
something
were
to
happen
to
them
in
the
woods,
their
friends
are
gonna,
panic
and
run
your
kid
is
going
to
be
left
there
and
God
knows
when
they're
going
to
get
found
for
that
for
help.
So
we
need
to
encourage
our
kids
to
speak
to
us
and
to
be
open,
encourage
our
kids
to
introduce
us
to
their
friends
and
their
friends.
Parents
make
sure
that
you
look
through
their
accounts.
Make
sure
that
you
look
through
your
accounts
and
also
know
that
over
here
we
have
Glenn
Carlin
park.
G
Our
kids
have
a
tendency
of
taking
that
as
their
so-called
shortcut
I
had
former
Kenmore
kids.
Take
us
through
that
shortcut.
That's
not
a
shortcut!
It
really
isn't.
It
is
extremely
isolated.
There
are
no
people
over.
There
are
very
few
people
to
be
honest,
it's
very
isolated,
no
supervision
and
once
again,
that's
where
they
get
into
the
most
trouble,
and
that's
usually
why
they're
late
to
get
home
and
so
forth,
and
so
many
of
you
parents
are
working.
So
these
kids
have
a
key
to
their
home.
G
So
when
you
think
that
their
home
they're,
actually
still
in
the
back
in
the
park
or
in
the
woods
or
something
so
make
sure
that
you
tell
your
kids,
that
they
need
to
stay
in
an
area
where
it's
heavily
populated,
so
that
if
they
need
help,
they
can
get
it
they're
not
going
to
get
any
hope
whatsoever
if
they're
in
the
woods
and
something
or
by
the
creek
or
anything.
If
something
happens
to
them
back
there.
G
We've
had
plenty
of
things
here
that
take
place
outside
of
school,
whether
it's
during
the
summer
on
the
weekends
on
a
holiday
and
the
school
ends
up
finding
out
about
it
Monday
morning,
and
then
we
have
to
deal
with
it
also
encourage
them
that,
if
something
happens
to
them
during
that
time,
when
they're
not
in
school,
that
they
can
actually
call
911
emergency
or
give
them
the
non-emergency
number.
If
they
feel
the
need
to
speak
to
an
officer,
they
shouldn't
have
to
wait
to
get
to
school.
To
talk
to
one
of
us.
A
I
wanted
to
introduce
a
representative
from
the
office
of
US
Senator
Tim,
Kaine
Gaston
arouse.
Are
you
here?
Okay,
so
Gaston
is
with
Senator
Tim
Kane's
office.
Thank
you
for
coming
and
it
sounds
like
some
Virginia
parents
might
like
jewel
labs
to
come
here
and
do
the
disabling,
and
maybe
the
senator
would
have
some
influence
there.
So
one
other
thing
I
wanted
to
add
was
now
when
I
was
mentioning
about.
You
were
mentioning
as
well
the
tactics
old
tactics
of
cigarette
companies
in
our
tool.
A
A
Why
don't?
If
we
have
questions
comments,
please
do
come
up
to
the
microphones
here.
I
know.
Some
of
you
are
very
passionate
about
this
and
we
applaud
the
squeaky
wheels
here.
So
that's
how
stuff
gets
done?
I'll
tell
you,
okay,
sure,
I'll.
Let
you
know
when
I
did
the
report
on
Joule
I
asked
Arlington
County
Public
Schools
to
supply
a
drug
counselor
from
a
certain
school,
and
they
said
no.
We
don't
want
to
make
it
look
like
that
school
has
a
problem.
A
I
did
the
story
anyway,
but
I
didn't
get
the
support
of
Arlington
County
Public
Schools
on
the
Jules
story,
which
we
were
again
the
first
television
station
in
the
country
to
cover
it
and
now
you've
seen
many
many
many
reports,
hopefully
across
the
country,
so
be
the
squeaky
wheel.
Push
educate
yourself
like
you
are
today
and
ask
for
the
change
that
that
you
want,
and
then
you
here
is
available.
H
But
she
didn't
tell
my
mother,
hey.
Maybe
my
house
is
not
the
best
place
for
your
child
to
be
right
now,
so
you
know
a
big
part
of
that
is
the
stigma.
I'm
sure
she
didn't
want
to.
You
know
asked
what
was
going
on
in
their
family,
but
that's
a
reason
why
it's
so
important
for
parents
to
communicate
with
one
another
and
have
the
difficult
conversations
stigma
or
not.
A
We
did
when
we
didn't
get
participation
here.
We
went
over
to
Fairfax,
County
and
McClain
and
they
did
provide
for
us
anyone.
We
asked
for
they
had
a
parent
meeting.
Much
like
this,
where
parents
were
learning
about
different
paraphernalia
and
ways
to
intervene
and
what
to
look
for
and
to
be
awake.
I
was
just
at
a
friend's
house
the
other
day,
looking
for
toothpaste
and
I
opened
the
drawer,
and
there
was
a
bottle
of
water
in
the
drawer
and
I
closed.
A
J
So
I'm
here
to
tell
you
about
what
do
we
offer
our
behavioral
health
bureau?
Our
services
are
specially
designed
for
youth
with
serious
emotional
disturbance.
We
call
it
a
CD,
but
what
it
really
means
is
having
a
mental
health
problem
that
are
severely
disrupting
daily
life
and
functioning
at
home
as
called
or
in
the
community.
This
also
can
include
alcohol
or
drugs
drugs
abuse.
J
Our
services
are
also
targeted
for
kids,
who
are
at
risk
of
developing
serious
problems
because
they
have
experienced
trauma
or
have
been
affected
by
the
substance,
use
or
other
impairment
of
a
parent
or
a
family
member.
We
provide
a
skin
screening
and
diagnostic
services,
information
and
referral
consultation
triage
to
a
screen
for
needs
and
court
diversion
intake,
as
well
as
detention
and
school
births
based
services.
We
do
that
according
springs
elementary
school.
We
just
train
our
staff
to
use
a
spirit
which
is
really
a
screening
brief
intervention
referral
to
treatment.
J
This
is
an
evidence-based
Universal
screening
tool
for
mental
for
substance
abuse
and
is
strongly
promoted
by
the
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
services
administration,
which
is
Samsa
we're
exploring
implementation.
Beyond
the
bureau,
such
as
community
medical
health,
we
also
offer
individual
family
and
group
therapy
using
evidence-based
treatment
approaches.
This
means
that
approaches
have
been
tested
and
have
shown
to
have
positive
outcomes.
J
We
use
cognitive,
behavioral
therapy,
trauma-focused
CBT
motivational
interviewing
and
expresses
modalities
such
as
play
therapy,
art
and
century.
We
do
also
offer
case
management
for
transition
to
young
adulthood,
psychiatric
services,
a
medication
management,
psychological
evaluation,
parent
and
child
assessment,
substance,
abuse
treatment,
substance,
abuse
prevention,
mental
health
promotion,
behavioral
intervention
services
and
provide
a
variety
of
psychoeducation
groups
to
include
parenting
classes.
J
Our
treatment
is
really
centered
on
the
needs
of
your
kids
and
your
family,
and
we
integrate
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
conditions,
and
we
refer
to
these
as
co-occurring,
so
we
work
with
the
family
in
a
holistic
way.
We
provide
two
psycho-educational
groups
for
parents
whose
children
services
in
substance
abuse
treatment.
One
group
is
for
their
parents
because
we
think
that
parents
need
to
know
what's
going
on.
We,
we
teach
them
about
the
impact
on
adolescent
development.
J
The
parents
are
talked
the
warning,
the
signs
and
symptoms,
and
they
also
talked
how
to
support
their
child
in
the
earlier
recovery
and
learn
relapse
prevention
skills.
This
group
is
also
offered
in
English
and
in
Spanish.
We
also
have
a
multi
family
group,
where
parents,
what
we
do
it
together.
So
it's
a
it's
an
excellent
opportunity
for
both
to
be
able
to
learn
relapse,
prevention
and
incorporating
in
their
lives.
Now
let
me
talk
about
the
three
main
groups.
We
have
two
substance
abuse
treatment
groups.
J
One
is
using
evidence-based
strategies
to
teach
early
recovery
skills
and
relapse
prevention
along
with
therapeutic
recreation
or
the
mindfulness
that
you
know.
That
is
very
important
now
to
incorporate
that
to
teach
them
coping
skills.
The
other
group
is
more
on
a
drop.
It's
more
focus
on
trauma
so
PTSD,
because
we
have
seen
that
many
of
the
kids
that
have
mental
health
are
using
substances
are
also
having
some
PTSD.
J
So
we
it
has
a
strong
emphasis
on
helping
clients,
learn
to
stay
safe,
to
understand
the
connections
between
the
trauma
and
the
substance
use
and
how
each
effects
the
healing
from
each
other
each
treatment
group
can
be
completed
about
six
to
eight,
we
I'm
sorry
month,
and
we
also
have
an
NA
meeting
that
is
led
by
our
peer
specialist,
jean
partner
in
situations
when
outpatient
treatment
services
are
not
meeting
client's
treatment
needs
for
mental
health
or
substance
abuse.
A
referral
is
made
for
for
intensive
outpatient
services
or
for
a
residential
treatment.
J
One
more
than
the
last
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that
treatment
help
kids
and
families
learn
how
to
tolerate
these
stressful
uncomfortable
feelings
and
we
help
them
develop
healthy
ways
to
manage
those
feelings.
Instead
of
unhealthy
ways.
Parents
are
the
partners
in
our
treatment
process.
You
are
the
experts
on
your
child.
We
need
your
input
and
your
relationships
with
your
child
in
order
to
make
a
change,
so
I
would
encourage
all
of
you
to
break
the
stigma
of
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
and
be
heard.
Thank
you.
A
A
What
my
son's
going
through
and
how
you
can
support
us
and
I
thought
it
was
amazing
and
remarkable
that
he
did
that
and
I
appreciated
it.
So
much
to
your
point,
because
and
when
I
talked
to
some
of
the
teens
who
were
friends,
I
said
we
want
to
help
him,
we
want
to
succeed,
we're
afraid
the
second
he's
allowed
to
go
back
to
a
party
he's
going
to
relapse.
We
don't
want
that
to
so.
A
That's
that's
the
part
of
letting
go
of
the
stigma
and
then
thank
you
for
letting
us
know
how
many
resources
there
really
are
in
the
county,
I'm
assuming
that
for
parents
they
can
contact
the
drug
resource
substance,
use
counselors
at
the
high
school.
For
these
referrals.
Please
sorry
to
keep
you
waiting.
Your
question.
K
E
So
the
ApS
policy
on
substance
on
dueling
or
East
cigarettes
this
year,
this
actual
school
year,
was
changed
so
that
if
a
student
is
found
in
possession
in
the
school
with
a
vape,
if
they're
using
it
or
in
possession,
they
get
an
out-of-school
suspension.
They
have
the
option
of
using
a
second
chance.
E
The
parents
also
have
a
workshop
or
presentation
that
they
attend
so
they're
informed
about
what
their
kids
are
learning
and,
in
addition
to
that,
six
weeks
down
the
line.
There's
a
booster
session
where
the
parents
and
the
students
go
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
things
have
changed
the
presentations
have
they
talked
more?
Is
there
an
open
line
of
communication?
So
the
school
offers
that
program
to
provide
tackle
education
for
families.
So
it
starts
I'm,
not
sure
if
I'm
answering
your
question
completely,
but
that's
where
it
starts
can.
I
I,
add
to
that
real
quick
in
addition
to
the
cycle.
Education,
I,
understand
that
there's
also
a
pretty
thorough
substance,
abuse
assessment
component
to
that
as
well,
and
then
any
you
know
any
referral
that
needs
to
be
made
from
that
as
well.
But
I
noticed
that
there's
a
table
out
there
for
a
second
chance.
You
may
want
to
stop
by
and
get
more
specific
information.
A
On
the
flip
side
of
that,
the
young
man
I
was
just
referring
to
who
really
had
it
has
a
terrible
addiction.
His
parents
didn't
find
second
chance
helpful
and
maybe
he
was
too
far
gone.
So
it
is
an
early
intervention
and
it's
you
know
it's
a
it's
a
first
step,
but
it's
not
about
criminalizing
it's
about
teaching
about
the
child
and
the
parent.
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
A
A
L
D
Sir,
it
is
thank
you
and
again
I'd
like
to
intercede,
so
thank
you
very
much.
We
are
all
here
to
acknowledge
that
and
part
of
what
we
are
doing
as
a
county
is
trying
to
come
up
with
solutions,
so
I'm
going
to
come
back
to
what
I
started
with,
which
was
the
arlington
addiction
recovery
initiative
that
we
created.
It's
been
in
existence
for
a
year
since
january
2017,
and
we
have
made
a
lot
of
headway.
We've
created
six
priorities
to
try
to
create
solutions,
because
we
agree
with
you
that
drug
addiction
is
not
acceptable.
D
We
do
not
want
this
in
our
county
and
we
will
do
everything
we
can
to
stop
it.
So
part
of
what
we
are
doing
is
prevention
and
outreach.
Part
of
what
we
are
doing
is
working.
The
police
are
working
very
hard
at
reducing
the
drugs
that
are
on
the
streets.
The
prescription
monitoring
program
is
essential.
We're
able
to
identify
if
people
are
getting
prescriptions
from
other
places.
We
are
working
with
prescribers
and
advocating
for
legal
changes
to
the
way
things
are
written
and
prescriptions
are
managed.
D
We
are
doing
naloxone
training,
as
Jenny
talked
about
it's
a
very
important
piece
for
what
we're
doing
so.
We
acknowledge
what
you
are
saying,
and
we
agree
completely
that
we
need
to
focus
on
solutions.
We
need
to
focus
on
managing
this
issue
and
not
allowing
this
to
continue.
So
thank
you
for
your
feedback
and
for
what
you
are
saying.
This
is
the
choir,
to
quote
my
friend
Tom.
D
We
are
here
tonight
because
we
agree
with
you,
and
that
is
what
we
are
focused
on
so
another
program
that
the
department,
Human
Services,
created
and
I'm
happy
to
have
our
therapist
here.
Who
I'm
sure
appreciated
me
calling
her
out
is
the
office
based
opioid
treatment
program,
which
is
our
suboxone
program,
so
Jenny
referenced
that
earlier
for
her
brother
and
how
important
that
was
for
him.
We
had
our
first
graduate
from
that
program.
We're
really
excited.
D
We
have
some
people
who
have
had
long-term,
very
chronic
opioid
addiction
who
are
now
in
full
recovery
in
terms
of
living
their
lives
in
the
way
that
we
would
all
consider
to
be
a
very
contributing
member
of
our
community,
and
that
is
our
goal.
So
we
I
think
as
a
county
are
really
focusing
on
this
and
really
trying
to
come
together
to
identify
the
weak
spots
that
we
have
had
and
to
build
on
that.
D
You
heard
a
lot
about
what's
going
on
in
schools,
it's
been
eye-opening
for
me,
because
I
really
have
not
worked
in
that
prior
and
it's
been
really
exciting
to
see
the
partnership
between
the
SROs
and
the
substance,
abuse,
counselors
and
the
physical
education
teachers.
There's
a
lot
going
on.
We
ask
you
as
parents,
we
ask
you,
as
community
members
to
be
involved.
When
you
see
things
that
are
issues
bring
them
up,
know
your
children
know
what's
going
on
with
them.
D
I
can't
tell
you
how
important
this
is:
I
worked
in
the
jail
for
12
years
prior
to
transitioning
over
to
our
outpatient
office
and
in
working
with
people
who
have
lost
so
much
of
their
life
to
addiction.
It's
fascinating
to
me
to
see
how
early
people
started.
It
was
very
common
to
hear
people
started
using
drugs
and
alcohol
at
the
age
of
11
and
12
that
shocked
me
initially,
and
then
you
sort
of
get
used
to
it
and
that's
kind
of
sad
in
and
of
itself.
D
This
is
a
horrible
illness
and
it
is
something
that
we
all
need
to
work
on.
We
need
to
come
together
as
community
members
and
as
family
members
to
address
these
issues.
We
need
to
not
hide
away
from
it.
The
stigma
is
enormous.
We
have
to
challenge
it
because
if
we're
too
embarrassed
to
talk
about
our
family
member,
who
has
an
addiction,
we're
not
going
to
be
open
to
doing
everything,
we
need
to
do
to
save
them
until
it's
too
late,
so
I'm
tasking
all
of
us
to
go
forward
and
to
focus
on
this.
I
I
I
We
can't
take
full
credit
for
that,
but
I
think
that
by
visiting
every
vendor
that
sells
tobacco
product
and
vape
shops
and
having
a
talk
with
them,
educating
them
on
the
harmfulness
of
it
and
how
it's
illegal
to
sell
to
underage
and
giving
them
posters
and
things
to
put
on
the
counter.
I
think
that
we
are
slowly,
you
know
moving
the
needle
in
the
right
direction.
With
that.
A
If
this
is
an
issue,
that's
near
and
dear
to
your
heart,
and
you
want
to
get
more
active
than
just
beyond
Arlington
County
I
want
a
direct
your
attention
to
the
addiction
policy
forum.
I,
don't
know
if
you've
heard
of
it
before
they
asked
me
to
emcee
their
awards
ceremony
last
week,
up
on
Capitol
Hill
and
members
of
Congress
were
there
general
and
former
drug
czar
Barry
McCaffrey
was
there
as
the
keynote
speaker,
opioid
addiction
and
breaking
the
cycle
is
they're
all
they're
about
and
actually
mentioned
the
outward
family.
A
Also
there
and
the
room
was
filled
with
parents
heartbroken
parents
from
across
the
country
who
came
up
at
the
end
of
the
night
and
handed
me
pictures
of
their
children
who
they
had
lost
to
this
addiction.
They
had
a
scientist
there
from
NIH.
She
is
the
premier
scientist
in
our
country,
possibly
even
the
world
who
has
proven
that
addiction
is
a
brain
disease
and
so
the
addiction
policy
forum
I,
would
strongly
encourage
you
to
look
them
up.
They're,
an
incredible
organization,
doing
really
powerful
work
across
the
country
and
they're
based
here
in
Washington.
M
M
I've
been
personally
involved
in
this
issue
through
my
family
for
more
than
a
decade
now
and
I.
Look
at
this
group
of
folks
in
front
of
me
and
the
first
thing
I
think
is
we're
not
investing
in
resources.
13,
SROs,
six
substance
abuse
counselors
in
Arlington.
We
should
be
doing
better,
I'm,
sorry
and
I.
Don't
hold
that
to
you
folks,
I,
don't
know
how
you
even
start
to
do
your
jobs,
but
I
do
know.
M
M
Investing
in
this
situation,
you
asked
us
cos
parents
to
come
forward
and
I'm
trying
to
do
that
this
evening,
but
I
will
tell
you
the
hesitation
that
I
know
I
faced
I
know
others
face
is
the
interface
for
our
children,
particularly
our
young
children,
between
the
issues
of
substance,
abuse
in
the
issues
of
criminality.
I'm
sure
it's
one
that
you
know
when
the
schools
are
is
faced.
It's
it's
very
difficult
to
ask
that
of
a
parent
to
come
forward
and
realize
that
you
may
be
risking
that
your
child
become
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
system.
M
I'm.
Just
sharing
my
experience,
because
it's
my
experience,
but
it's
not
mine
alone.
There's
other
families
I
know
that,
because
we
talk
about
it,
I'm
sure
somebody
else
in
this
room
maybe
has
a
similar
one.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
what
you
do,
but
I
really
do
need
to
say
that
we've
got
to
as
a
community
encourage
new
ideas,
because
the
things
we've
talked
about
they're
not
working,
we've
seen
the
numbers
in
our
schools-
they're
not
working.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
tonight,
but
we've
got
to
do
more.
A
Thank
you
for
having
the
courage
to
come
forward
and
share
that,
and
we
don't
grow
without
criticism.
We
don't
grow
without
real
stories
and
not
to
repeat
it
too
many
times,
but
exactly
what
you're
talking
about
the
addiction
policy
forum?
They
reward
innovation
and
communities
that
are
coming
up
with
ways
to
help
with
this
crisis.
They
are
pushing
for
decriminalization
and
they're
working
directly
with
members
of
Congress
on
these
very
issues
that
you
bring
up.
Who
here
can
address
the
issue
of
whether
Arlington
County
has
a
shortage
of
councillors
resource
officers?
A
I
I
Our
policy
and
we're
sticking
pretty
well
to
it
is
that
when
you
make
a
phone
call
in
for
phone
screening
within
five
days,
you
will
see
a
therapist
for
a
face-to-face
initial
screening
and
then
another
five
days
or
so
for
the
first
face-to-face
for
the
assignment
of
that
client
to
a
therapist,
and
this
is
both
for
mental
health
and
substance
abuse.
This
has
been
our
statistic
for
the
past.
You
know
a
good
ten
years.
We
are
also-
and
this
is
a
soft
announcement,
but
you
know
the
state
is
moving
towards
same-day
access.
I
There's
a
push
from
this,
the
community
service
board
to
do
same-day
access.
We've
been
very
successful
with
our
adult
side
Bhd
and
we
are
soft
rolling
it
out
in
town,
Family
Services.
So,
very
shortly
we
have
same-day
access
that
you
show
up
and
you
were
seen
assess
the
same
day
and
you
know
probably
connected
to
ongoing
services
to
our
Sequoyah
one
building,
100
Washington
Boulevard.
Yes,
we
have
all
kinds
information
at
our
table,
including
all
brochure
with
the
whole
spectrum
of
services
and
contact
information
of
how
to
call
in
and
get
connected.
D
Going
on
a
little
limb
here
politically,
but
since
I
don't
have
anything
to
do
with
the
public
school
system,
I
will
say
it
is
my
sense
that
we
are
short
staffed
with
substance
abuse,
counselors.
So
I
do
think
that
that
is
something
that
is
the
county
we
can
advocate
for
I.
Think
you
were
referencing
trying
to
get
into
the
schools,
substance,
abuse
program
and
I.
You
know
what
I
have
learned
in
working
with
them
over
the
past
year.
D
So
you
know
we're
working
on
trying
to
set
up
some
some
ways
to
manage
this,
so
that
it's
not
criminalization
so
much
as
we're
getting
people
into
treatment
as
much
as
possible.
We've
created
a
very
close
relationship
with
the
police
and
our
treatment
staff
and
we're
creating
a
network
of
peers
that
will
reach
out
to
people
who
have
overdosed
and
we
are
trying
to
do
that
in
a
way
that
we're
not
getting
them
arrested
as
much
as
possible.
We
are
reaching
out
to
them
to
get
them
into
treatment
and
I.
D
E
So
if
I
think,
if
the
issue
was
that
you
couldn't
get
a
school
substance,
abuse
counselor,
when
your
son
returned
from
a
residential
treatment
facility,
I
wasn't
clear
if
that
was
the
case.
But
if
there's
a
substance,
abuse
counselor,
who
is
swamped
with
a
lot
of
referrals,
are
a
team
of
six.
They
we
reach
out
to
each
other,
and
we
would
try
to
be
at
that
school
to
provide
that
support
that
that
counselor,
that
school
substance,
abuse
counselor,
would
need
I
thought.
Your
question
was
that
a
substance
abuse
counselor
at
an
agency
but
I
was.
M
Just
using
as
an
example
that
I
had
a
middle
school
child
who,
who
was
in
the
situation,
was
put
into
private,
with
recovery
returned
to
his
school,
and
when
we
reached
out
to
the
administrators,
we
had
a
relationship
when
we
tried
to
reach
to
it.
This
is
not
a
criticism
of
a
particular
situation.
It
is
a
comment
that
there
are
there
inadequate
resources
in
our
school
system
for
children
who
are
struggling
with
these
issues.
E
M
M
N
Thank
you
for
being
here,
I.
Think
my
one
observation,
not
necessarily
a
question
is:
if
I
look
at
the
room
and
the
people
that
are
attending
I,
see
I,
think
I
see
one
County
board
member,
that's
it
I,
don't
see
anyone
from
ApS
staff
or
the
superintendent
unless
I'm
missing.
We
do
have
a
few,
but
our
superintendent
is
not
here.
Do
I
see
any
ApS
student
ApS
are
only
ten
County
school
board.
Members
I
think
that's
very
telling
about
how
supportive
they
are
of
making
a
change
on
this
crisis.
It's
not
like
this
is
happening.
O
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
Arlington
schools
has
advisory
committees
and
I
happen
to
be
co-chair
of
the
student
services
Advisory
Committee,
which
is,
we
are
advocating
for
more
substance,
abuse,
counselors,
more
psychologists
and
social
social
workers
in
the
schools,
more
regular,
counselors
and
we'd
love
to
have
you.
Anybody
who
would
like
to
community
member
parent
grandparent
be
part
of
our
group,
we're
looking
for
people
to
work
with
us
and
we
work
with
all
these
people
right
up
here.
So
please
see
me
afterwards,
I'll
be
out
in
hallway.
Thank.
O
O
Been
advocating
for
more
substance,
abuse,
counselors
and
also
more
psychologists
and
social
workers
and
regular
school
counselors.
Yes,
and
the
budget
is
the
budgets
coming
out
there?
The
school
budget
we're
a
little
late.
It's
going
to
be.
You
can
watch
tomorrow
night
and
see
what
happens
tomorrow
night.
The
board
will
vote.
The
school
board
will
vote
and
decide
on
the
budget
for
2019,
but
we
can
still
start
working
right
away
for
next
time.
Well,.
O
Well,
this
well,
the
school
board
has
been
listening
and
there
a
lot
it's
a
tight
budget
year,
but
you
know
that's,
you
know
everything.
That's
the
way
it
is
in
the
county
right
now,
and
we've
asked
for
five
elementary
schools,
psychologists
and
six
social
workers,
and
we've
asked
for
more
substance.
Abuse,
counselors,
I
can't
remember
the
number,
and
we've
also
asked
for
more
counselors
in
the
schools,
so
we're
we're
working
on
it,
but
it
takes
it
takes
more
help
more
voices,
and
it's
not
you
know
a
huge
time
commitment,
we'd
love
to
have
them.
H
Just
wanted
to
highlight
your
your
comment
about
more
voices
and
and
say
that
absolutely
the
more
people
that
are
advocating
for
this,
the
better
because
of
the
stigma,
there's
less
people
in
the
advocacy
realm
than
you
would
think,
but
also
even
just
one
voice.
You
know,
don't
think
that
it
has
to
be.
You
know
a
huge
crowd.
Sometimes
just
one
voice
can
make
a
huge
difference
and
I
found
that
out.
H
And
then
people
didn't
have
the
money
and
they
were
afraid
to
go
and
and
identify
themselves
at
a
public
pharmacy
counter
and
ask
for
it,
and
a
lot
of
the
pharmacies
were
turning
them
away
because
they
said
that
you
needed
a
prescription.
So
we
had
all
these
problems
and
we
said
you
know
what
there's
got
to
be
something
that
can
be
done
about
this,
and
so
it
started.
H
I
had
one
meeting
just
me
and
my
local
delegate
and
said
we
would
like
to
be
able
to
give
naloxone
out
directly
at
our
trainings,
but
right
now
only
pharmacists
can
do
that.
You
know
what
can
be
done
and
within
six
months
we
had
gotten
a
law
passed
in
Virginia
that
allows
revived
trainers
to
dispense
naloxone
directly
at
our
trainings
and
I
was
amazed
because
I
didn't
have
any
idea
how
the
legislative
system
really
even
worked
at
that
point.
I
had
never
done.
Legislative
advocacy
had
no
idea
what
I
was
doing.
A
Before
we
go
on
to
what
will
likely
be
our
last
comment
here
and
then,
please
feel
free
to
address
some
of
the
people
who
have
spoken
up
and
then
also
check
in
with
the
police
officers
and
the
display
and
the
displays
outside
to
the
point.
If,
if
you
feel
like
your
child's
school,
doesn't
have
an
adequate
number
of
counselors
you're,
not
getting
the
response
they're
looking
for
it
sounds
like
the
county
has
resources
you
can
go
to
the
county,
you
don't
have
to
go
through
your
school,
correct,
correct,
okay,.
P
Hi
everybody,
my
name,
is
Mike
Shearer
I
am
an
alcoholic
I
hear
people
talking
about
a
lack
of
resources
for
somebody
to
come
over
to
your
house.
Do
you
realize
that
we
have
a
hotline
for
alcoholics
that
is
person
24
hours
a
day,
and
if
you
need
help,
all
you
have
to
do
is
call
you
know
what
the
cost
is
for
the
people
to
come
over
to
your
house
to
help
you
with
the
problem.
P
It's
nothing
and
you
have
an
expert
sitting
right
in
front
of
you,
somebody
who
has
overcome
this
thing
already
and
you
would
be
absolutely
surprised,
he's
going
to
show
up
at
your
house
people
that
are
your
neighbors
that
are
accomplished
that
are
living
a
separate
life
all
together.
If
you
can't
get
in
to
see
somebody
at
school
folks
who
cares
about
whether
your
kid
is
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
system,
their
life
is
in
danger.
Okay
people
die
from
this
stuff.
One
of
the
best
things
that
can
happen
is
somebody
that's
an
early
stage.
P
Addiction
is
that
they
sit
there
and
spend
a
couple
nights
in
jail.
Let
him
sit
there
and
pay
for
what
they're
doing
grab
somebody
from
Narcotics
Anonymous
who
has
kicked
this
thing,
there's
a
bunch
of
people
that
started
out
on
vape
all
right
and
they
ended
up
with
heroin,
and
they
know
how
to
overcome
this
thing,
because
they've
done
it
and
they've
been
clean
for
years.
So
if
it's
a
matter
of
access,
you
know
call
these
people
they'll
show
up
at
your
house.
P
They'll
show
up
at
your
house
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
what
we
say
now
colics
Anonymous
is
that
we
do
it
for
fun
and
for
free
we
give
back
all
right.
We
called
that
hotline
and
people
showed
up
change
the
whole
trajectory
of
our
lives,
get
in
front
of
your
kids
in
any
way
you
can
fight
dirt
all
right
this,
don't
whatever
you
do,
whatever
resources
you
can
do
when
you
have
the
time
right
now,
they're
going
to
grow
up
and
you
aren't
going
to
have
the
leverage
that
you
have
right
now.
P
Is
their
parents
use
it
absolutely
use
it,
but
this
is
a
free
resource.
What
is
that
number?
We
have
a
table
out
there.
It's
Alcoholics,
Anonymous
I've
got
that
number.
That's
it's
sitting
on
a
book.
I,
don't
have
it
right.
Yeah
I
did
some
my
phone
give
me
a
second
now.
This
is
the
alcoholic
one.
Okay
and
it's
I,
don't
know
what
the
Narcotics
Anonymous
number
is,
but
all
you
got
to
do
is
look
it
up.
P
Have
brochures
out
there
and
it's
24
hours?
Okay,
it's
somebody
that
has
licked
addiction,
alcohol.
Alright,
it's
an
expert.
It's
a
certifiable
expert
and
again
the
cost
is
for
free
they'll
come
to
your
kitchen
table.
They
will
sit
down
with
your
kids.
Probably
the
kids
are
gonna,
get
really
mad
about
it.
Tough
all
right,
we're
gonna
be
at
the
a
table,
and
if
you
want
to
talk
more
about
it,
love
to
hear
from
you,
okay
did
I
mention.
It
was
free.
Okay,.
A
H
Okay,
what
table
is
that
the
child
and
family
services
table
has
information
on
that
and
that's
great
for
kids,
cuz
I
mean
I'm
a
millennial
and
I
even
prefer
to
text
and
then
call
people
it's
terrible,
but
it's
the
truth
and
any
time
of
day
or
night,
if
they're
having
a
mental
health
crisis
and
maybe
unfortunately,
they
don't
feel
comfortable
reaching
out
to
you
or
somebody
else.
At
least
they
have
some
person
that
they
can
talk
to
you
crisis
text
line
yeah,
so
you
text
seven,
four,
one,
seven,
four
one!
That's
the
crisis
text
line.
H
Q
My
question
is
this:
you
know
you
mentioned
about
how
early
kids
start
with
addiction
at
11:12
and
it's
shocking
and
I
think
part
of
what
it
makes
it
so
easy
is
the
availability
of
drugs
on
school
campus
and
that's
from
personal
experience
with
my
own
child
and
I
had
no
idea
because
he's
that
typical
good
kid
that
does
well
in
school,
his
friends
and
then
later
on
when
he
got
caught,
I
found
out
that
he
had
been
doing
marijuana
I
was
getting
it
from
from
buying
it
on
school
campus.
G
Sorry,
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
law
enforcement
is
actually
or
the
SROs,
especially
collaborate
with
the
substance
abuse
counselor.
These
kids
are
getting
these
drugs
from
elsewhere,
bringing
them
in
they're
getting
them
from
your
medicine
cabinet
they're,
getting
them
from
where
your
liquor,
cabinet
and
they're
bringing
it
in
here.
G
Some
of
these
kids
will
go
ahead
and
take
your
liquor
put
it
in
a
in
a
clear
bottle
to
make
it
look
like
it's
water
and
then
fill
your
liquor
bottle
with
water,
and
you
don't
know
any
better
and
then
they
bring
you
here
and
they
share
it
with
their
with
their
friends.
So
it's
not
like
it's
in
the
school
and
I
get
your
point.
But
it's
not
like
it's
in
the
school,
it's
in
the
school
because
it's
being
brought
in
by
students,
and
so
we
try
really
hard.
G
As
far
as
Kenmore
is
concerned,
we've
got
100%,
students
haven't
been
taught
substance,
abuse
issues,
and
you
know
what
to
look
for
symptoms
signs
things
like
that,
and
some
of
some
of
these
signs
and
symptoms
are
going
to
be
typical
teenager
behavior.
But
you
know
your
own
kid.
You
know,
and
you
also
have
that
peer
pressure,
so
you're
gonna
have
kids
that
are
going
to
ask
other
kids
to
hold
stuff
for
them
and
that
that
creates
a
problem.
So
I
mean
it's
not.
G
You
know
it's
not
that,
for
instance,
we
got
a
school
store
outside
it's
not
being
sold
there.
It's
coming
in
because
your
kids
are
bringing
it
in
they'll
go
ahead
and
though
you
know
sometimes
they'll
have
it
on
their
person
and
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
they
take
these
so
called
shortcuts,
so
that
they
can
take
a
hit
before
coming
into
school
and
then
of
course,
US
adults
are
the
ones
that
notice
the
lethargic.
G
G
And
what
we
need,
and
what
we
need
is
what
we
need
is
for
your
student
to
come
talk
to
us
and
if
you
know,
and
each
student
is
different,
you
know
they
may
not
want
to
talk
to
law
enforcement
right
away,
but
they've
got
so
many
other
resources
in
the
school
that
they
can
turn
to.
So
they
can
speak
to
someone
and
they
can
tell
us
that
this
is
going
on
so
that
we
can
then
take
the
next
step.
G
Well,
we
don't
have
the
authority
to
go
through
someone's
locker
or
someone's
person
without
probable
cause.
Okay,
we
just
don't,
but
the
administrators
have
the
ability
to
go
like
I,
said
through
lockers
or
call
a
kid
down
and
have
them
empty
out
their
pockets
and
so
forth.
Okay,
and
so
and
again
we
work
together.
For
that
and
the
other
thing
that
we
do
is
we
try
to
do
diversion
programs
for
these
kids,
okay,
and
if
it
is
in
fact
someone
who's
really
truly
dealing.
G
You
know
we
deal
with
Vice
also,
so
vice
wall
is
a
great
resource
for
us
and
they
help
us
along
with
this
as
well.
So
it's
I
can't
just
go
to
one
kid,
because
another
kid
told
me
that
he's
selling
I
can't
just
automatically
go
to
him
and
tell
them
empty
out
your
pockets.
Let
me
see
what
you've
got
you
know,
but
an
administrator
can
do
that,
and
so
I
can
go
to
the
administrator
and
say
hey
I've
been
told
that
this
is
what's
going
on,
and
so
we
take
it
from
there.
C
You
so
much
I
just
want
to
address
that
comment.
I'm
hearing
a
theme
about
middle
school
in
particular
and
I'm
really
concerned
about
wanting
to
address
the
situation
upstream.
I
have
a
kid
in
eighth
grade
and
I've
heard
so
much
from
him.
In
his
few
years
of
middle
school,
it's
been
shocking.
I
chair
the
school
health
advisory
board
for
APS,
so
I've
got
my
ear
to
the
ground,
hearing
everything
I'm,
raising
awareness
among
all
the
parents,
that
I
know
and
every
time
I
mention
behaviors
that
I
see
in
middle
school.
C
Everyone
is
shocked
and
appalled
and
they
can't
believe
it
so
I
want
to
see
ApS
or
the
police
or
anyone
do
more
outreach
to
the
parents
to
say
you
know
what
we
have
a
problem
here.
There
are
children
selling
drugs
on
your
child's
campus.
We
want
to
hear
about
it
or
your
child's
in
seventh
grade
now,
it's
time
to
lock
up
the
liquor
cabinet
in
your
house.
You
know
why
are
these
kids
getting
access?
C
The
average
parent
doesn't
necessarily
think
of
that,
but
these
are
easy
messages
that
could
be
coming
to
the
school
to
home
on
a
regular
basis.
You
know
school
can
send
notices,
saying
we
have
an
epidemic.
This
is
like
a
virus,
it's
spreading.
We
need
you
to
be
aware.
We
need
you
to
see
the
symptoms
and
we
need
you
to
act,
and
you
know
I'm
not
seeing
any
of
those
messages
coming
home,
but
all
I
hear
is
second-hand
information
from
all
the
kids
that
this
is.
A
Don't
thank
you
for
your
comment.
You
don't
have
to
wait
for
the
school.
You
know
in
McLean.
It
was
the
PTA
that
put
together
the
program
and
brought
in
police
officers
and
asked
the
school
to
come
and
participate,
and
if
there
were
300
parents
in
the
room,
educating
each
other
sharing
stories
learning,
so
you
don't
have
to
wait
for
your
school
to
do
it
it'd
be
great
if
they
would
but.
C
A
B
B
D
Not
necessarily
the
question
was
related
to
the
mandatory
alcohol
education
instead
of
what
there
is
with
that
it
tends
to
be
more
of
sentencing
suggestions.
So
the
judges,
the
Commonwealth
Attorney's
Office,
can
mandate
probation,
can
mandate,
substance,
abuse
treatment
and
it
can
be
part
of
the
criminal
justice
requirement.
It
also
can
be
an
alternative
sentencing.
D
The
addiction
correction
treatment
program
is
here,
and
that
is
a
program
that's
in
the
jail
that
people
can
get
that
instead
of
getting
a
longer
sentence,
usually
so
that
they'll
get
really
solid
substance,
abuse
treatment
and
be
prepared
to
come
out
into
the
community,
hopefully
in
better
shape,
do
see,
has
a
program
for
CCAP.
So
there
are
different
programs,
but
it's
not
the
same
thing
as
like
a
DUI
mandatory.
Oh
I'm,
sorry.
D
I
Yes
quickly,
you
know
art.
It
was
really
happy
to
hear
up
streaming
such
a
great
work
in
terms
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
as
well,
that
if
you
look
at
YRBS
data,
where
does
it
peak
it
peaks
at
8th
grade
7th
and
8th
grade
all
the
numbers
just
kind
of
go
up
so
where?
How
how
far
back
up
do
we
go
up
to
now?
We've
done
our
mental
health
awareness
month
and
substance
abuse
prevention
months.
C
E
Aps
health
education
delivers
instruction
that
provides
comprehensive
approach,
involving
decision
making
refusal,
skills,
alternatives
to
drug
use,
psychological
and
physiological
effects
of
substance
use,
there's
so
basically
you're
getting
workshops
and
information
through
your
health
and
PE
classes
about
some
of
the
the
dangers
of
substance
use.
This
happens
at
the
sixth
seventh,
eighth
grade
level,
ninth
and
tenth
grade
as
well.
So
you
get
you
do
get
a
series
of
you
know
some
weeks
with
information
about
some
of
the
dangers:
the
effects
on
the
brain.
E
A
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
willing
to
be
here
and
express
your
opinions,
I'd
like
to
give
a
round
of
applause
to
our
panelists,
who
gave
their
time
and
expertise
and
they'll
be
here
commingling
with
the
crowd.
So
if
you
want
to
talk
to
anyone
one
on
one,
thank
you
so
much
and
let's
continue
the
conversation,
be
one
community
fighting
this
together.
Thank
you.
R
My
name's
Dave
McBride
I'm
joined
by
Jenny
sex
issues,
our
substance
abuse
counselor.
We
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
very
much,
the
Atwood
family
for
coming
up
and
sharing
their
story.
I
know
many
of
us,
including
Jenny
and
myself
have
been
touched
by
addiction
and
loss,
and
it's
a
very
difficult
topic
to
talk
about.
I
do
want
to
say
from
the
school's
perspective.
We
are
working
hard
on
this
issue.
There
are
people
who
take
this
very
personally
and
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
kids
are
safe.