A teacher’s perspective: How pressure, pain and silence fuel opioid vulnerability in schools

Getty Images By Vivan Vaidya The opioid epidemic is often discussed in statistics such as overdose deaths, hospitalizations and prescription rates. But in our high schools, it’s the quiet domino effect that both students and teachers are noticing: Anxiety, stress, and the following silent normalization of pill misuse. “Most teenagers simply don’t see themselves as…