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New week, new you, new chance to show some gratitude. We’re working on a project about Washingtonians helping each other out. Received any random acts of kindness lately? Tell us your story and your fairy godmother might get some good karma thrown back at them. I’ll be shouting out the Nats Stadium hawker that gave me free water.
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📰 What D.C.'s Talking About
To Tip or Not to Tip
It’s official. D.C. residents WILL be able to vote in November on eliminating the tipped wage. This is something Washingtonians have repeatedly shown support for, but it’s been a tough battle to get it on the ballot this year. Start reading up on Initiative 82 now so you’re prepared come November. Or, just listen to our pod episode coming out Wednesday for all the deets. [Twitter/Washington Post]
Shocking: Teens Hate New Curfew
P.G. County’s new youth curfew went into effect on Friday and teens are skeptical, saying that no one really listens to curfews. Many worry it might affect their friends in difficult home situations, or see it as unfair punishment when the average homicide suspect is actually older. One teen said she wished police would find ways to “assist, instead of punish” teens. [DCist]
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Two 7000-series Metro trains at L’Enfant Plaza (airbus777/Flickr)
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Back In Business, Baby
The Metro is rolling out more 7000-series trains for a total of 20 (up from eight). Hey, it’s not great, but it’s better than nothing, and they say it will increase train frequency. Metro is expected to announce new schedules next week for all rail lines. [WMATA]
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How Do I Reverse An Overdose Using Naloxone?
Overdose deaths have been on the rise in D.C. since 2015, mostly due to opioids. A study by D.C.’s chief medical examiner found that 96% of overdose deaths in 2022 involved fentanyl – replacing heroin as the District’s most prevalent drug. The cheap and very dangerous synthetic opioid is often laced in other substances and can be unknowingly ingested.
The city has responded by making Naloxone – an overdose-reversing medication – more readily available. Now, residents can get it for free without a prescription or ID at pharmacies across the city, or get it mailed to them.
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Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is used to reverse drug overdoses. (Chicago Tribune/ Contributor/Getty Images)
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HealthHIV has this explainer on how to administer the med to someone experiencing an overdose. (Note: those helping in an overdose emergency are protected against drug charges.) Here’s the rundown:
🚩 Step 1: Determine if someone is overdosing. Symptoms include infrequent or lack of breathing, pale skin, or a blue-gray tinge to the lips or fingertips. Naloxone will not hurt someone not experiencing an overdose.
🚩 Step 2: Have someone nearby call 911. Meanwhile, begin rescue breaths until emergency responders arrive. Do NOT give chest compressions.
🚩 Step 3: Administer Naloxone. After the first two rescue breaths, spray the Naloxone into a nostril. Continue rescue breaths. If they do not respond in three minutes, administer another dose.
Residents can also find treatment and free counseling services by calling 1-(888)-793-4357.
Free Naloxone is also available in Virginia and Maryland.
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Where is it?
Identify this location and earn your stripes as a true local™. Hint: Technically, this isn't in the District …
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So sweet, I love you too, mystery spot. (Priyanka Tilve/City Cast DC)
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🗓️ What to Do
🧀 Better Together | Today | 6 p.m.
Taste your way through five cheese & wine pairings and learn to create tasteful cheese boards that bring out wines’ taste profiles. Apparently, cheese temperature matters. [$65]
🧑🍳 Southern Chef | Today | 6 p.m.
Bold Fork Books is hosting James Beard Award-winning chef Vishwesh Bhatt to chat about his new cookbook on all things southern. Listen while munching on food from the cookbook, prepared by Chef Kristen Essig of Dauphine’s. [$20+]
💍 The 6 Wives of Henry VIII | Today | 6 p.m.
Say it with me now – divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. Learn how these women helped solidify the Tudor dynasty, at this Profs & Pints with Professor Amy Leonard. [$13]
🛍️ Tote Making | Tuesday | 7 p.m.
Learn to make a lined tote that you can stuff full of veggies at the farmers market this weekend. All materials will be provided. [$65]
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🎧 Today On City Cast DC
“This is a fight over history. It's a fight over culture and tradition. It's a fight over the spirit of the neighborhood and what it means to be in Adams Morgan.” — Martin Austermuhle
The battle for AdMo Plaza is being heard right now in the D.C. courts to decide if the land can be developed. Why so much hubbub over a scrappy concrete corner? WAMU reporter Martin Austermuhle walks us through it.
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This is your week, I can feel it.
Kaela
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