Clayburn Presents at Eagle Enrichment Series

On Tuesday, October 24, as part of the Eagle Enrichment series, Patti Clayburn, MS, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, gave a presentation, 'Alcohol, Heroin and Fentanyl, Oh My!', on Ashland University's main campus about the current heroin epidemic in Ohio as well as college-aged drinking and its consequences. "Although the heroin epidemic sees far greater numbers of overdoses and deaths in our state, binge drinking on college campuses is more of an epidemic with college students aged 18-24," says Clayburn. "Six alcohol poisoning deaths occur every day in the United States. Binge drinking results in serious consequences such as the potential for death, as well as the potential to be sexually assaulted (97,000 sexual assaults were reported in the U.S. last year due to alcohol on college campuses). Making students aware of these and other serious consequences is so important!"