A Community Conversation: Heroin and Other Opioids

On February 28, the City will host “A Community Conversation: Heroin and Other Opioids,” a town hall meeting focusing on the local impact of the national opioid crisis and how City programs and services are responding.

The Community Conversation is being coordinated by the Opioid Work Group, comprising representatives from a range of City programs and partners including social services, law enforcement, schools, health providers and a local coalition. The Work Group takes a multidimensional approach to confronting the crisis by focusing on opioid addiction prevention and treatment, overdose response and recovery, diversion of addicted persons into treatment, and supply reduction and law enforcement strategies.

This event will feature a panel of representatives from City programs and partners describing the crisis and the approaches offered to address it locally. The town hall will also be streamed live at alexandriava.gov, and panelists will answer questions from in-person attendees and online viewers following the presentation.