addiction

tobacco addiction

Delving into tobacco cessation: Insights from Dr. Catherine Nawaga’s seminar

Carla Mendez | Staff Writer Dr. Catherine Nagawa is paving the way to provide treatment to individuals who suffer from tobacco use, specifically among those with mental health disorders.  Nagawa held a conference to present her research to students on April 1 at 10:30 a.m.  She is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of […]

substance abuse

Senate Passes Resolution Against Substance Abuse Crisis

Ram Praneeth | Contributing Writer  To address the growing addiction crisis, senators Kaily LaChapelle, Hua Hui Vogel, Erika Noel, and Ness Cruz have introduced a pivotal resolution titled “Stop Addiction Fatality Epidemic”, or SAFE. The resolution underscores the urgent need for increased harm reduction and recovery services on campus and highlights the senators’ commitment to […]

Vaping Has Gained Control Over The Youth

Nicole Ardila/Staff Writer Are you experiencing any shortness of breath, cough, fevers, chills, nausea, vomiting, rapid heartbeats or chest pain? If you answered yes, well, you should probably get tested for COVID-19. Otherwise, you’re most likely suffering from a vape addiction.  Back when I was in high school, vaping became a new thing. Before I […]

Spending too much time on social media is emotionally draining

Rina Factor/Contributing Writer Whenever I am feeling either pressured or upset, and do not want to do anything productive, I tend to sit on the couch and scroll through social media for hours on end. Even when I successfully close a tab or app, I simply reopen it again because it’s an effortless distraction. Before […]

Student thoughts: Society’s love for the Internet is an addiction

All people are different, with some using technology more than others. We all have and understand our own wiring. Internet addiction is sucking the life out of us, taking us away from the engagement of reality.

Healthy, Happy, Humble – Unplug and Unwind

Step away from the smartphone and step back into your life!

Pot: The weed of society

Image by via Flickr M. Jane | Concerned Citizen opinion@fiusm.com This is a satirical piece meant for entertainment purposes. Any truth or actual facts contained in said stories or posts are purely incidental or coincidental and not intended to be, or be construed as, facts. Any use of real names is accidental and coincidental. I […]

Our cellphones disconnect us from reality

Photo by Adam Fagen via Flickr Yiana Ramaj | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com In the fast growing world of new technologies, we have made many changes in the ways we live our lives. Family dinners have now become a fight against everyone’s smartphone, meeting your next lover is no longer at chance when meeting someone on […]

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