New law shields California college students who seek help after overdosing
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY'S EDITORIAL TEAM When TJ McGee overdosed in his UC Berkeley dorm room two years ago, his roommates hesitated before calling for help. He lay on the floor, pale and seizing, while they weighed the risk: call for help and potentially face university consequences, or wait and Read More...
Study: Counties with more cannabis dispensaries suffer less opioid deaths
One of the darkest trends in America is the sharp rise in overdose deaths from opioids in the past years. In 2018 alone, there were more than 46,000 fentanyl-related deaths, representing over two-thirds of all US opioid-related deaths that year. While this is truly a disheartening figure to read, Read More...