Colleges using sober dorms to combat alcohol, drug addiction
(Chicago Tribune, October 13, 2017) College can be especially rough for students battling addiction.
Massachusetts university makes anti-overdose drug available in campus buildings
(Politico, Jan 8) Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts took an innovative step in September to prepare for potential opioid overdoses on campus.
Opioids now kill more people than breast cancer
(CNN, December 21) More than 63,600 lives were lost to drug overdose in 2016, the most lethal year yet of the drug overdose epidemic, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
No Family Is Safe From This Epidemic
(The Atlantic, November 29) The last photograph of my son Jonathan was taken at the end of a new-student barbecue on the campus green at the University of Denver. It was one of those bittersweet transitional moments.
Press Release: DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Office launch opioid abuse prevention public awareness campaign
(DEA, November 29) Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb spoke with members of the media today about Monday’s launch of a state-wide opioid abuse prevention campaign.