LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) – College can lead to personal growth, a career path and help develop essential skills for students. But the experience could also be dangerous — or even deadly — if drugs are added into the mix.
The Detroit Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration is providing a lifesaving message on college campuses in Ohio and Michigan about the dangers of drug abuse and misuse. While college is a time to experience new friends and new activities, it can also lead to experimentation. DEA officials say the drugs that students have access to now are much more dangerous than what was seen on college campuses in the past.
“When you did drugs back in, you know, the 60s, 70s, 80s, moving into the 90s, it didn’t typically lead to a one time overdose death, but in the age of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, experimentation can lead to death, 50% of the counterfeit pills that we are seizing off the streets contain more than two milligrams of fentanyl, which is a lethal dose. So we’re letting young people know and letting the universities know that using these drugs, experimenting with these drugs, can lead to a one time use overdose death or drug poisoning,” says Brian McNeal, PIO DEA Detroit Region…