team of nurse practitioners that is in charge of addressing patients’ medical and psychiatric needs, including drug rehab referrals, medication management, and addiction treatment assessments.
The case management team has also been working on a set of protocols to better respond to the drug overdoses and provide support to members of the community who are at risk of overdosing.
The officials explained that Arlington has roughly 240,000 residents, thus the fact that less than 400 sought drug rehab and recovery programs services last year may not seem very alarming, but the percentage of the increase is concerning and the reason why they are acting now.
Author: Livia Areas-Holmblad
Livia Holmblad is an editor at Addiction Now and covers breaking news, features and everything in between. She moved to SoCal after living in NYC for about 10 years, where she worked for VICE and SinoVision as a writer, editor, host, producer, and director. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Contact Livia at liviah@addictionnow.com
