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Medicine and Health Sciences

Augustana College

2018

Opioids

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Combatting The Opioid Crisis On College Campuses: A Harm Reduction Approach, Corey L. Lepoudre Jul 2018

Combatting The Opioid Crisis On College Campuses: A Harm Reduction Approach, Corey L. Lepoudre

Celebration of Learning

College aged people are at a high risk of opioid misuse due to several risks including: an increased opioid misuse in people between the ages of 18-25, those who experience daily elevated stress, and those who live in metropolitan areas or in the Midwest region of the United States. Due to these risks, a harm reduction initiative geared toward college populations is beneficial to prevent a further increase in opioid misuse and overdose. A harm reduction approach was used to develop an educational toolkit for Quad City Harm Reduction to conduct a one-hour workshop for college faculty and students. Harm …


Ethics And Cost-Effectiveness Of Naloxone, Allison Groch Jan 2018

Ethics And Cost-Effectiveness Of Naloxone, Allison Groch

Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest

This essay discusses the ethical components involved with using, distributing, and making naloxone readily available for reversing opioid overdoses. The cost-effectiveness of naloxone is also discussed as a reason why naloxone should be widely used in order to help fight the opioid epidemic.