The college opioid crisis: The struggle of opioid addiction among college students
Getty Images Undergraduate researchers from Pennsylvania State University Lehigh Valley reported that almost a third of students at the campus knew someone who had overdosed on opioids. The overlap between college students and opioid usage isn’t coincidental. The stress of college often sparks an addiction to opioid usage in students; stress also hinders their ability…
Changing stigma, changing lives
Getty Images The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in June 2025 that drug overdose was the leading injury-related cause of death in the U.S. The report said it appears the number of overdoses accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing that 107,000 people died from overdose in 2022 alone. This is the unfortunate…
Understanding teen drug use: Influences and prevention
Getty Images As drug use among teens continues to raise concerns among families, friends, and educators, experts in the health industry point to a complex web of social, psychological, and cultural factors that increase adolescents’ vulnerability to substance use. Teenagers today face an array of pressures, from social acceptance to mental health struggles, that can…
Gratitude journaling: A pen, a notebook and a road to recovery
Getty Images Treating opioid misuse is often linked to medication, therapy, and support programs designed to prevent relapse. But these treatments do not explore the healthy habits one can build on a daily basis. There is another coping mechanism that can turn into a healthy daily habit – it requires only a pen, a piece…
The roots of the opioid epidemic in the U.S.
Getty Images In the mid-1990s, a perfect storm began brewing in the United States. A storm that, over the following decades, would spiral into the worst drug overdose epidemic in the country’s history. The broad outline of this crisis is well-known: A dramatic rise in prescription opioids, followed by expanded heroin use and, more recently,…
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