Battling the opioid crisis with Naloxone
Kimberly Morales, Staff Writer
March 18, 2020
Training hosted by the Northern Valley Harm Reduction Coalition extended the conversation of preventing and surviving an opioid overdose on Monday, inside Blackbird Cafe. The training opened Chico residents to the opportunity to learn how to identify the symptoms of an opioid overdose as well as te...
Chico PD confiscates firearm during traffic stop
Angelina Mendez, Staff Writer
March 17, 2020
On March 1, at approximately 9:35 p.m., an officer from the Chico Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near the intersection of East 1st Avenue and Terrace Drive that led to the confiscation of multiple items such as a firearm and controlled substances, according to the CPD news release...
Talking about cannabis, on campus
October 11, 2019
Is it cannabis? Marijuana? Hemp? Is it bad for you? Good? It depends on who you ask and where you're looking.On Tuesday, the Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center (CADEC) connected with a classroom of students in the Student Services Center as they hosted a “Let’s Talk Cannabis” presentat...
Drunk in the dorms: should 21+ be allowed?
Rayanne Painter
December 11, 2018
As strict as the alcohol and drug policies are for Chico State’s on-campus housing, you’d think that residents would take them at least a little seriously. But when I lived in the residence halls, some people had vodka labels blatantly taped to the back of their doors and the empty half of ...
Police arrest felon armed with a stolen firearm
Josiah Nicholl
May 11, 2018
A previously convicted man in possession of drugs and a stolen firearm was arrested Wednesday evening. According to a press release from the Chico Police Department, officers first responded to the incident at 4:21 p.m. after receiving calls about a suspect stealing merchandise from Safeway on West S...
California grant funds medication to combat opioid epidemic
Tisha Cheney
February 16, 2018
The Chico police received a free supply of Naloxone kits designed to combat opioid overdoses this week.Naloxone is a nasal spray used as an emergency treatment for individuals experiencing an opioid overdose, according to a press release from the Chico Police Department.With the help of state funding...
Marijuana use banned on campus
January 21, 2018
Chico State announced its continued prohibition of marijuana on campus Thursday. In an email to the campus community, Milton Lang, Vice President of Student Affairs, stated that marijuana remains prohibited on all Chico State property and all university events. This prohibition will remain despite...
Community contributes to clean local parks
September 16, 2017
Chico locals and students participated in 30th Annual Bidwell Parks and Creeks Cleanup, Saturday morning.The event combats environmental damage done in parks and creeks from encampments and littering. Volunteers gathered over 1,500 pounds of trash from Lower Bidwell park alone, said Jared Glasser, Chico S...
Millenials searching for mental vacations
Nicole Henson
April 29, 2017
It may seem that millennials have a more laissez-faire attitude when it comes to recreational drugs compared to their parents. But in all honesty, we're just as lost as previous generations, or even more so. We have been told since we were in elementary school that drugs are bad and were forced to...
Stop teens from using weed
Mina Marjanovic
November 10, 2016
Americans have downplayed the effects of marijuana use, to the point that most people believe it has no harmful effects on the human body at all. This has led to an increased popularity in marijuana use among teens. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the majority of high school seniors do not think ...
Clean up, not lock up
Julie Ramos
May 8, 2016
Like many other adolescents, I was taught in my early years that drugs were bad. School programs taught us an easy understanding of good versus bad: If it’s legal it’s good, and if it’s illegal it’s bad. The rules were simple. Stay in sync with the law and you would be OK. I ...
Prescription drugs harm more than help
Sean Daly
May 3, 2016
"In 2014, more than 14,000 died from overdoses involving prescription opioids," according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Statistics show that prevalence of prescription drugs like Percocet, Xanax and others in America is taking people's lives at an increasing rate. Why are more an...
