Day: November 2, 2017

Opioid Crisis Becomes National Health Emergency

By Henry Kohler on November 2, 2017

On Oct. 26, President Donald Trump declared a national public health emergency on opioid use. According to the New York Times, of the 64,000 drug overdose deaths in 2016, about one third of them (20,000) are caused by synthetic opioids. Around 68% of the people that overdose on […]

Superintendent Meets with High School Media

By Julia Cargiulo on November 2, 2017

On Oct. 26, Dr. Michael Martirano, Interim Superintendent for the Howard County Public School System, invited two journalism students and their advisers from every Howard County high school to join him at the Central Office for a media briefing. “This opportunity, to directly engage with the interim […]