#revive!

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I know this might seem strange, but I've seen a few posts that have worried me lately, and I just wanted to take a second to encourage anyone who is even a little bit interested to consider attending a REVIVE! Opioid Overdose Reversal training session sometime in the near future. We are in the midst of what has been called a heroin epidemic in our country, and Virginia in particular has seen a dramatic spike in opioid overdoses. It feels like another friend of a friend is lost every week to heroin. It's not right. In 2014, Richmond City and Fairfax County alone accounted for nearly 20% of deaths by heroin overdose.

Naloxone, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, is now available without a prescription at CVS stores here, but training is still important, and the REVIVE! program is so great. It doesn't take that long, it refreshes your CPR knowledge (believe me, you need it even if you think you don't), and you get a spiffy life saving kit, I carry mine in my bag pretty much 24/7.

Learning to properly administer naloxone gives you the power to save a life. If you have friends you know are using I would especially encourage you to attend. You really have nothing to lose and someday this knowledge could come in handy!

I'm trying to become a trainer, but until I do, upcoming training sessions can be found at fairfaxcounty.gov/csb/revive/ for my nova friends, and on the REVIVE! website here for my friends across the state: http://dbhds.virginia.gov/individuals-and-families/substance-abuse/revive More information on Naloxone, the opioid overdose epidemic in Virginia, and the source for the stats I gave can be found here: http://dbhds.virginia.gov/individuals-and-families/substance-abuse/revive http://www.virginiapharmacists.org/?page=Naloxone http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/medExam/documents/pdf/Annual%20Report%202014%20FINAL.pdf http://ideastations.org/facingaddiction http://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/guest-columnists/article_77003722-cf04-5ef3-80ed-94e4ecbd3a74.html

If you or any friends have any questions, please feel free to ask me!

Part 1 - Retroid 01.Rick Tedesco - Arriving At The Departure (Breaks Mix) [Pineapple Digital] 02.Dylan .JK.Vogt feat. Cam Hodges - Feels Alot Like (Seth Vogt Remix) [M-Toxin] 03.MKR - Rush (DIRECT INPUT Remix) [VIM] 04.DJ D-Xtreme feat Katharina Santana - Feel My Love (Original Mix) [Cognitive Music] 05.Barbitura - Flight Of The Navigator (Original Mix) [Ego Shot] 06.Nicolas Neyret - New Sounds of Syria (Dave Gluskin Remix) [Massive Harmony] 07.Sunsha - Wild Sensation (Original Mix) [Sunsha] 08.PIO BEAT - Fracture Zone (Kwerk Remix) [Expand] 09.Rcaine - The Truth (Original Mix) [AUX] 10.Neurodriver - Sidewinder (Martopeter Remix) [Broken Robot] 11.Too Dusty - Stardust (Original Mix) [TEK] Part 2 - Alt-A 01.Refracture - A Million Miles (Mars Remix) [Definition Breaks] 02.Retroid, MDK - Block Party (Seth Vogt Remix) [Ego Shot] 03.Ghettface, Yanix - Blackout (Original Mix) [Ridiculoud] 04.Fisso & Spark - Yeah Boy (Original Mix) [Ground Level] 05.Kulman - Bubble (Geon Remix) [Acida] 06.Kulman - Mapping (Colombo Remix) [Acida] 07.Callan Maart - Liquid Shards (Beatsmack Remix) [On A Break] 08.Agent K - Lose My Mind (Original Mix) [Digital] 09.Refracture - Free Man (Eshericks Remix) [Ridiculoud] 10.Ghettface - Bang Your Fist (Original Mix) [Ridiculoud] 11.Paul Oakenfold - Tokyo (Beatman and Ludmilla Remix) [Perfecto] 12.Refracture - Jahova (The Revamp) [Dusted Breaks]

Part 1 - Retroid 01.Seth Vogt ft. Sam Hyman-Eden (Oracle's Snake In The Garden Mix) [Shiznit] 02.Colombo - Retromus (Original Mix) [iBreaks] 03.Retroid - Daybreak (Nieghel's Nuskool Remix) [Feralcode] 04.Quivver Vs. Audio Magnetics - Digital Music (Seth Vogt Remix) [Boz Boz] 05.BT - Somnambulist (Burufunk Remix) [Nettwerk] 06.Dave Gluskin - Circle (DJ D-Xtreme Remix) [Cognitive Music] 07.Mesmer - The Flip (Original Mix) [Scarcity] 08.Paul Oakenfold - Awakening (Original Mix) [Perfecto] 09.Tee-Ex - Wonder (Retroid Remix) [Ego Shot] 10.Colombo - Blasted (Original Mix) [iBreaks]

Part 2 - D-Fact 01. Foamo - Release Me (Iva Re-Twist) [CDR] 02. Blanilla - La musica (Original Mix) [Skills] 03. Wilkinson - Take You Higher (Foamo Remix) [RAM] 04. Evil Nine - Your Girl (Original Mix) [For Lovers] 05. Lee Coombs - Lilly In The Sky (Original Mix) [LOT49] 06. Blanilla - Apply the bass (D-Fact remix) [Sound Of Habib] 07. KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down 2nite (D-Fact Remix) [CDR] 08. Hyper - Take Me Away (Karl Sav Remix) [Ayra] 09. Kiesza - Hideaway (Kid Digital Re-Groove) [CDR] 10. Blanilla - Get the Beat (Original Mix) [CDR] 11. D-Fact - Synthrone (Original Mix) [Skills] 12. Stanton Warriors - Bring Me Down 2014 feat. Zac Toms (Original Mix) [Cheap Thrills] 13. Blanilla - Apply the Bass feat. Kidd Linus & Sara Taigher (Original Mix) [Sound Of Habib] 14. D-Fact - Endless (Original Mix) [CDR]