Boston University

Drugs

pile of marijuana buds, weed pot

Drugs

POV: It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana

November 7, 2016

marijuana leaves with Massachusetts state emblem on top

Drugs

YouSpeak: Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legalized?

October 11, 2016

E-cigarette vapor colored by lights

Health & Medicine

POV: New FDA Regulations on Vaping Products a Failure

July 13, 2016

Leonard Campanello Chief of Police, Gloucester, MA and Frederick Ryan, Chief of Police, Arlington, MA at the Boston University School of Public Health Seminar about the Opioid Epidemic

Health & Medicine

New Approach Urged in Dealing with Opioid Epidemic

March 18, 2016

Daniel Alford

Public Safety

New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse

February 10, 2016

One common campus crime that’s not in the report is larceny, usually the theft of unattended items like phones and backpacks, according to the BUPD. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

Alcohol

Better Reporting Means More Alcohol Violations

November 30, 2015

Smoking marijuana after school

Public Health

Despite Looser Marijuana Laws, No Spike in Teen Use

October 28, 2015

Health & Medicine

POV: US Drug Companies Failing to Offer Affordable Drugs

October 26, 2015

Safdie Brothers

Arts & Culture

Safdie Brothers Screen Latest Film Tonight at Brattle Theatre

September 23, 2015

Smoking marijuana

Drugs

Evolving Attitudes, and Science, about Marijuana

July 29, 2015

Fertility

Drugs

POV: It’s Time to Regulate the Fertility Industry

July 16, 2015

Boston University BU, safety report, BUPD, alcohol drug violations

BUPD

Domestic, Dating Violence, Stalking New to Annual Security Report

November 5, 2014

Boston University BU, alcohol transport anatomy, what happens alcohol poisoning, college drinking dangers

Public Safety

Anatomy of an Alcohol Transport

October 10, 2014

Boston University Police Department, BUPD, naloxone, narcan, opiate overdose antidote drug, heroin overdose antidote drug

Health & Medicine

BU Police Will Carry Antidote for Heroin Overdose

September 24, 2014

pregnancy, opioid use, birth defects, Martha Werler, professor of epidemiology, chair of epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH

Research

SPH Study: Increased Risk of Birth Defects from Opioid Use

July 15, 2014

op-ed, opinion editorial column, point of view POV, Philip Seymour Hoffman, heroin overdose, public health, drugs, addition treatment

Health & Medicine

POV: Let’s Get Serious about Treating Addiction

March 21, 2014

Boston University BU, drug use safety, molly extasy MDMA risks, expert David Farb School of Medicine professor and chair of the pharmacology and experimental therapeutics department

Health & Medicine

The Trouble with Molly

September 11, 2013

Adderall, college students, study drug, Adderall on college campus

Health & Medicine

YouSpeak: Does Taking Adderall Give Students an Unfair Advantage?

April 29, 2013

Boston University Campus Alcohol Enforcement and Prevention, drinking alcohol use on campus

Safety

Alcohol Violations, Hospital Runs Plummet

December 4, 2012

Legalize Medical Marijuana Massachusetts state ballot initiative 2012, should medical marijuana be legal, legalize decriminalize marijuana

Medicine

YouSpeak: Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized?

September 17, 2012

YouSpeak: Should Medical Marijuana Be Legalized?