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The Straw that Broke the #RealCollege Student’s Back: Flames, Fatigue, and the Power of Generosity

#RealCollege Blog

By: Sarah Griffin (she/her), University of Montana Although I concede that everyone’s life is unique, those who know me well would agree that my upbringing was a little extraordinary. I belong to an average middle class family, the mother of which was a nurse at the local hospital, the father of which was a contractor, and the two children of which were enrolled in the public school of our 5,000 person Montana town.

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COVID-19 affects everything: The increase in opioid-related deaths & initiatives

WashU Institue for Public Health

Written by Ola Adebayo, MPH candidate and student worker at the Institute for Public Health. Photo: Michael Longmire, Unsplash. Overdose-related deaths have reached an all-time high with more than 96,000 people dying during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a 30 percent increase from 2019, the largest increase ever seen of drug-related deaths in the United States.