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Editorial Overdose Epidemic Grows On College Campuses The Baker Orange But two years into a covid 19 pandemic, there’s been another epidemic brewing right underneath our noses: an overdose epidemic. “overdosing” occurs when an individual takes enough of a drug that it overwhelms their body to the point it can’t function properly. Before coming to college, we were all told by parents, by teachers, by guest speakers to say “no” to drugs. it’s a lesson that’s been hammered into our heads for as long as we could remember.

Conservative Students Stifled On College Campuses The Baker Orange Check out meg's newest story on the baker orange website! 🍊🗞 (link in bio) "the university daily kansan, the university of kansas’ student newspaper, is facing a drastic 80% budget cut that could threaten its future operations, leaving the student body’s access to independent reporting on campus in jeopardy." 🖊: meg qualls 📸. Fentanyl was involved in the vast majority of teen overdose deaths in 2021, according to the centers for disease control and prevention. nearly a quarter of those deaths involved counterfeit. According to npr, colleges are now working on making naloxone (narcan), a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, an available product on college campuses. to health advisors, their advice to colleges is to look for more funding for these initiatives. For more than two decades there has been a continuous rise in opioid overdose related deaths. the majority of the deaths include the age range when, traditionally, individuals are likely to attend college or university.

The Baker Orange Editorial Board The Baker Orange According to npr, colleges are now working on making naloxone (narcan), a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, an available product on college campuses. to health advisors, their advice to colleges is to look for more funding for these initiatives. For more than two decades there has been a continuous rise in opioid overdose related deaths. the majority of the deaths include the age range when, traditionally, individuals are likely to attend college or university. With each overdose that touches our campus communities, directly or indirectly, one harrowing truth underlines the tragedy and calls for action: every overdose death is preventable if a bystander intervenes with naloxone in time. Campus police or student health centers often carry it. but now, some activists say it is time for colleges to get over the stigma of drug use and make naloxone even more accessible to students. A devastating epidemic has made its way onto college campuses across the country, where students are carrying opioid overdose reversal drugs in their backpacks along with their textbooks. The university’s approach to overdose prevention on campus has changed radically in recent years. students have led the effort.

Retention Rates Affect All Campuses The Baker Orange With each overdose that touches our campus communities, directly or indirectly, one harrowing truth underlines the tragedy and calls for action: every overdose death is preventable if a bystander intervenes with naloxone in time. Campus police or student health centers often carry it. but now, some activists say it is time for colleges to get over the stigma of drug use and make naloxone even more accessible to students. A devastating epidemic has made its way onto college campuses across the country, where students are carrying opioid overdose reversal drugs in their backpacks along with their textbooks. The university’s approach to overdose prevention on campus has changed radically in recent years. students have led the effort.