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The number and rate of fatal heroin overdoses in Virginia and select Virginia jurisdictions from 2011-2014, as presented in a December 2014 report to the Board of Supervisors titled “Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse in Fairfax County: Recent Trends and Strategies for Prevention.”

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Burke, Springfield: Drug awareness meeting at Lake Braddock highlights rise in youth heroin use

Youth Heroin Use Described As ‘a big problem’

Heroin use is here in Fairfax. “It’s definitely here,” said 19-year veteran officer employed by both the Fairfax County Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration as a Task Officer who spoke at a drug awareness meeting sponsored by the Lake Braddock Secondary School Parent Teacher Student Association.

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