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Originally Posted by sissyintexas
To the poster above who said Texas A&M is not a "hard drug campus." EVERY campus is a hard drug campus - especially where we are talking tens of thousands of students. Opiate/Opioid use is an epidemic among high school age and college kids. It starts with oxycodone and codeine and when that no longer gets the result they are looking for they move on to heroin.
It is not just a "street drug" anymore. I live in a fairly affluent area and without thinking I can name 6 kids who have died from heroin overdoses in the past 3 years. Where there is money, there will be drugs.
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Very true.
I am currently attending a huge insurance conference and there was a presentation about workers comp and drug use. According to the CDC, deaths from opioid pain killer overdoses now top deaths from heroin and cocaine combined.
The thought, "At least it's not heroin" doesn't even apply. All of these drugs are a concern.