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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Graphic by Carolina Alvarez | Outreach Editor.

Recovering opioid addict shares journey

September 16, 2018

Editor’s Note: The name of Brian was changed to protect his identity. Brian remembered waking up with the side of his head pulsing. He sat up and touched his eyebrow and felt blood between his fingertips....

Campus police, students, staff and community members are attending training sessions hosted by the Center for Students in Recovery to learn how to recognize an overdose and administer naloxone, a drug sold under the brand name Narcan that reverses the effects of opioids. Photo by Michael Stout | Mercury Staff.

Students, police learn to use life-saving drug

August 20, 2018

The Center for Students in Recovery at UTD has recently been promoting overdose awareness by providing a new training program. Since the start of the summer, the CSR has begun an initiative to train campus...

Graphic by Hamid Shah | Graphics Editor.

Bottled up

November 15, 2016

Names of some sources have been changed to protect their identities due to legality concerns. Max hesitantly popped a small capsule into his mouth and swallowed. It was the night before a big test, and...

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

November 2, 2015

Marijuana users create growing drug culture on campus, risk arrest for lifestyle Names of some sources have been changed to protect their identities Casey, Jeff and Arjun, three students at UTD, live in...

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