The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Joe Trotter, a harm reduction program coordinator, informs people about opiates and other drugs while he teaches what the signs of an overdose look like, risk factors for an overdose, and how to save someones life using Narcan in Klehm Hall Tuesday evening.

Narcan training teaches students about overdose prevention

Drew Coffey, Reporter January 25, 2023

The Eastern Illinois Department of Public Health and Nutrition held a class to teach students how to prevent drug overdoses in Klehm Hall Tuesday night.   The Narcan training was taught by Harm Reduction...

Change DARE curriculum to actually help students

Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor February 21, 2019

If you have gone to grade school in the past 30 to 40 years, you more then likely graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program. I vaguely remember DARE when I was in grade school....

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