The Opioid Epidemic Comes to Campus

Washington D.C. — On Thursday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee received testimony about the Opioid Epidemic that is spreading across the United States. In the midst if the Tax Bill, this committee highlighted an issue that for many parts of our nation goes uncovered sans a few remarks, but for many families in the United States, Opioid Addiction is at the forefront of their minds. Testimony included four experts, two from the healthcare side and two from the criminal justice fields. They hailed from Virginia, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. However different their backgrounds they all struck a common theme, that being that the Opioid Crisis is here and it is of paramount concern. <a href="https://medium.com/the-blue-u/the-opioid-epidemic-comes-to-campus-31ac5dd318f3">Website</a>