Maryland's Heroin Fight Turns to Educating Students from Elementary School to College

(Baltimore Sun, June 23) In the battle to stem the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses in Maryland, state officials have opened a new front: teaching students from elementary school through college about the dangers of the powerful drugs.

Public schools are tweaking drug-education lessons and colleges are preparing sessions for incoming students to comply with the Start Talking Maryland Act, which [became] law July 1. The act, passed by state lawmakers this year and signed by

Gov. Larry Hogan, requires public schools to offer drug education that includes the dangers of heroin and other opioids starting as early as third grade. Read more.