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Drug Enforcement Administration share campaign with Ohio universities

Emma Campbell, Kent Stater TV Reporter September 6, 2024

Brian McNeal is representing the Drug Enforcement Administration at Kent State and other Ohio universities for the start of September. He shares the role of drug prevention and the importance of promoting...

Marijuana may become decriminalized in Kent, but not on campus

Gavin Mitten Reporter March 1, 2022

The Kent Police Department would not acknowledge the Sensible Marihuana Ordinance if it passed. Sensible Kent, part of the statewide Sensible Movement Coalition, has a proposed ordinance that would...

An authentic lethal dose of fentanyl is displayed on the point of a number two pencil for size reference.

Illegal fentanyl poses risk to campus

Gavin Mitten Reporter February 8, 2022

Students may receive drugs laced with deadly fentanyl if they buy from non-medical sources.Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration....

Marijuana grower Basil McMahon with his crop in Grass Valley, Calif., on November 12, 2015. A sweeping new package of laws will reverse years of state silence by regulating and licensing every stage of the medical marijuana industry. “It means I’ll be able to do what I'm doing without fear of persecution for the first time in my life, for the first time in generations,” McMahon said. 

Weed prescriptions ignored on campus because of federal funding

Addie Gall August 26, 2018

Medical marijuana, usage on state college campuses remains prohibited because the drug is illegal under federal law.According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, marijuana continues to be considered...