Within the walls of MCPS, an insidious force has seized control: the fentanyl epidemic. From narratives of misguided experimentation to the victims of peer pressure, fentanyl-induced overdoses have plagued...
The heartbreaking stories are numerous and overwhelming- a bright young student losing their life to a substance they, whether intentionally or not, consumed. This killer always seems so far away, until...
By Julia Levi, Assistant Observations Editor
• March 23, 2023
The growing epidemic of teen opioid abuse seems to be relentless and never ending. Within the past few months fentanyl has been rapidly circulating throughout MCPS, with 70% of overdoses in the county...
By Sammi Silber, Editor in Chief
• November 20, 2014
By the end of high school, students have sat through years of health classes to learn the horrors of drugs and the proper way to “just say no” to using them. Regardless of being taught these dangers,...
By Jake Certner, Staff Writer
• September 26, 2014
The NFL has recently changed what defines a drug offense in their eyes, yet they have not made any strides in improving the ineffective punishment system they continue to use for these violations.
Before...
Pregaming ─ a typical teenager ritual to get loosened up before a big event such as a party or a concert. Pregaming usually entails taking a few shots or having a couple beers, but now popping...
The following narrative is based on a first time user’s experience with MDMA. Any students mentioned have had their names changed to protect their identity.
Senior John walks into a club and is welcomed...
People have heard of all of the commonly abused drugs like marijuana,
heroin and cocaine, but now there is a new drug people are starting
to abuse—Ivory Wave.
According to Dr. Leon Gussow, the editor...
By Tony Raffa, Staff Writer
Ben Hollander, Staff Writer
• April 12, 2011
The common idea that kids only take drugs to get high is changing. Adderall and other Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication usage has increased rapidly among teenagers in the last...
