This story is Part 4 of WTOP’s four-part series, “ Fighting Fentanyl ,” which explores how the drug is impacting students, families and schools in the D.C. area.

Opioid overdoses among young people across the D.C. region have been declining, a step school leaders and community advocates attribute to increased messaging and the availability of naloxone.

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But they’re carefully monitoring emerging trends and warning parents about other substances that could have harmful effects, even if they’re not as deadly as fentanyl.

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