Measuring the impact: rising opioid abuse puts pressure on schools

Across the U.S., 28,647 deaths, or 61% of all drug overdose deaths, were linked to opioid use in 2014. Since 2000, the Center for Disease Control reports the opioid overdose rate has tripled, while deaths from heroin overdose have quadrupled over the past decade. When a student at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth died of an apparent opioid overdose in January, Associate Vice Chancellor for Stu- dent Affairs David Milstone addressed the public, saying, "the prescription and heroin abuse epidemic does not discriminate by zip code, educational level, economic status, race, religion, or age..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

The education digest - 82(2017), 5, Seite 4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McIntyre, Erin [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

81.00

Themen:

Care and treatment
Colleges & universities
Drug abuse
Drug overdose
Education
Educational aspects
Forecasts and trends
Heroin
Methods
School districts
Services
Students
United States
Universities and colleges

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OLC1988207614