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Through these voices, we confront stigma, raise awareness, and build community-driven change.

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From the Voices Blog

A Changing Drug Landscape: New Dangers Facing College Students

The drugs young people encounter today are changing rapidly, creating new risks for college students, families, and communities. Recent incidents at Cornell University and the University of Mississippi have raised concerns about increasingly potent synthetic opioids, ketamine, kratom products, and other dangerous substances. A Drug Supply Full of Unknowns Fentanyl remains a major concern, but it is not the only dangerous substance circulating in the illicit drug supply. Emerging synthetic

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A Changing Drug Landscape: New Dangers Facing College Students

The drugs young people encounter today are changing rapidly, creating new risks for college students, families, and communities. Recent incidents at Cornell University and the University of Mississippi have raised concerns about increasingly potent synthetic opioids, ketamine, kratom products, and other dangerous substances. A Drug Supply Full of Unknowns Fentanyl remains a major concern, but it is not the only dangerous substance circulating in the

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Stories That Stay With Us

Jared Voss

Onward, Ho, Jared! “You can’t go back and you can’t stand still, if the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.”

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Raymond Brabant

After my ex passed away and I realized I had close friends who were addicts and hiding it, I gathered information from addicts who were in recovery.

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