Opioid memorial etches abuse into public eye
By Charlotte Couch | For The Pitt News
February 7, 2018
At “Prescribed to Death,” an opioid memorial in the William Pitt Union, a steady flow of people moved through the room in a respectful silence. People saw a large, black wall dotted with small white pills, and a screen with a number in the thousands growing higher by the second. The memorial ma...
Opioid memorial brings attention to epidemic
By Mackenzie Rodrigues and Salina Pressimone | News Editors
January 30, 2018
Covered in 22,000 small white pills, each engraved with the face of an opioid overdose victim, the opioid memorial stood behind Monday afternoon’s speakers. Their solemn voices drifted out to an audience who sat listening in silence for the many young lives lost. The press event marked the beginning of the ...