By Brandon

On Monday in The Daily Collegian there was an article about a student who overdosed on heroin. This story is a shocker to the community, and made the front page.

As much as I wasn’t surprised, I was equally upset by the article. I didn’t know the kid who died. I didn’t know his family or any of his friends. It’s just hard to swallow knowing a promising life was cut short by such an evil in the world.

Heroin is a growing danger all over the country.Even in Lancaster, it is a major issue often not addressed adequately and no one seems ready to deal with the problem.

Drugs are a large problem on college campuses across the country. Yet, there doesn’t seem to be many anti-drug organizations to be involved with (trust me I’ve looked). I was fortunate enough to attend a high school with a SADD program, and yet again many across the U.S. make no effort to have one. I simply cannot understand why more emphasis is not put into campaigns against drug abuse.

So I suppose shocking news like this will never stop, and more disgustingly, will continue to surprise the community it occurs in. I am using this blog for something new today, a call for change.

Wake up. Deal with these issues at hand and accept they are there. Don’t pretend they don’t exist because of your “tight-knit community.” Something has to change.