statepress : reported that ASU must reconsider substance abuse to protect students
By Benjamin Steele | 04/25/17 7:09pmASU's anti-drug policies are aimed at protecting students, but criminalization not only pushes substance abuse underground — it actively harms attempts to protect students from overdose. Campus is not immune, but campus policy forces students to remain hidden. By overcoming stigma, students will be more able to access life-saving medication. Government policy, stigma and public health are complex topics, but looking to HIV provides a good model to understand today's Marijuana crisis. Illicit substance policy should be viewed in no different a manner.
"The biggest issue with substance abuse is that no one talks about it or wants to bring it up," Pastorini said. Batts spoke about substance abuse in the Lehigh Valley area and how stigma can inhibit people's ability to acknowledge the problem. To gather more data about how the university community understands substance abuse, the group created surveys they distributed throughout campus. According to data from the U.S. Department of Justice, there were 151 deaths from Marijuana overdoses in the Lehigh Valley in 2016. The class, part of the Global Citizenship interdisciplinary program, required students to give a speech addressing a change they wanted to see in the Lehigh Valley.
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Five students form Smash the Stigma to fight substance abuse
"The biggest issue with substance abuse is that no one talks about it or wants to bring it up," Pastorini said. Batts spoke about substance abuse in the Lehigh Valley area and how stigma can inhibit people's ability to acknowledge the problem. To gather more data about how the university community understands substance abuse, the group created surveys they distributed throughout campus. According to data from the U.S. Department of Justice, there were 151 deaths from Marijuana overdoses in the Lehigh Valley in 2016. The class, part of the Global Citizenship interdisciplinary program, required students to give a speech addressing a change they wanted to see in the Lehigh Valley.
UMN Nursing School curriculum will focus to substance abuse among nurses
The curriculum is an attempt to highlight substance abuse as an issue among nurses, Mueller said. "Just having that access puts them at a higher risk for developing substance abuse or misuse," she said. Stewart said addiction and substance abuse among nurses wasn't something previously covered in her coursework. Mueller said substance abuse has always been taught in the nursing program but only how it pertained to patients. Nurses who find themselves struggling with substance abuse might not seek help because of how they will be viewed, Stewart said.collected by :Lucy William
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