Virginia Department of Health data shows that the rate of Black people dying from opioid overdoses jumped from 11.8 to 27.9 per 100k between 2019 and 2020 a higher jump than in any other racial or ethnic group.
UMass Amherst student combines psychology and public health to reduce opioid overdoses
Samantha Hano ’22, public health sciences and psychology, Commonwealth Honors College
“I’ve always had a desire to help people who have challenges and are struggling with life. I believe an individual can make changes that can create a domino effect to improve the lives of the vulnerable and overlooked.”
A courthouse is a nexus of troubled people many with opioid use disorder. At the Holyoke, Massachusetts, District Court, a new program brings same-day access to medications and other treatment right to the courthouse. When UMass Amherst junior Samantha Hano heard about this program, called HEART, she saw a way to put her two majors psychology and public health to work to reduce opioid overdoses.
Genius Meets Grit The pandemic didn’t slow the pace of significant achievements by UMass Amherst undergraduates in research, scholarship, and creative activity.
This year, persistent UMass Amherst undergraduates adapted to COVID-19 restrictions as they engaged in substantial research, exercised their creativity, and elevated campus and the community. They found ways to thrive they worked on campus when permitted and capitalized on remote research, learning, and volunteer opportunities. Read about the remarkable accomplishments of the nine spring 2021 UMass Amherst Rising Researchers here.
Ali Abdel-Maksoud ’21, electrical engineering
“In college, things clicked for me. I took the time to find what I like and I learned not to quit when things got hard. When I found my passion, I knew I had to focus.”
This N.J. county has the fewest number of homicides over the last decade. Here’s why.
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Anthony P. Kearns, III served as the Hunterdon County Prosecutor from 2010 to 2019.NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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A 38-year-old New Jersey native was killed in Delaware Township on Sunday, her death marking the first homicide in Hunterdon County in 2020.
Murders in New Jersey are especially rare in this county, which between 2010 and September 2020 held the fewest number of homicides of any county in New Jersey, according to New Jersey State Police records.
Prior to Sunday, seven murders have taken place in Hunterdon County since 2010. These occurred in 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019 meaning that there were no homicides in the county for four consecutive years: 2014 through to 2017.
it is so uplifting and inspiring to hit the stories of many of those individuals. when the president s senior counsel, kellyanne conway, his came with me pictures that are meeting today, and i know she wants to say a few words as wel well. kelly and thank you tom price. the secretary and i have traveled to a number of different states, and we have heard the harrowing and met those who have successfully gone through recovery treatment. we are very heartened to the many people who are feeding the opioid crisis and it is a polydrug problem in our nation. we are a nation that consumes legal and illegal drugs at very high at alarming rates. the problem is complicated and we are on the losing side of this war. with the president s leadership in the first lady s involvement