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As we learned this weekend, opioid use and addiction isn't just on the streets of the Southcoast, it's in our dorm rooms as well. Maybe it's time we begin drug testing students and prospective students of our local universities? No, I don't think it's feasible or realistic to drug test every single student...

Over the weekend, a 20-year-old UMass Dartmouth student passed away in his dorm room after apparently overdosing on suspected heroin. A tragic circumstance that shouldn't have taken place. Drugs have no room on any college campus in the United States...

Officials at UMass Dartmouth say they're taking action in the wake of this weekend's death of a 20 year old student from an apparent accidental drug overdose. In an e-mail sent to students, staff and faculty, the University spelled out a multi-faceted effort to remind all that the opioid abuse challenge is not only impacting communities but college campuses as well...

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office has released the identity of the 20-year-old University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student that was found dead in his dorm room over the weekend. The DA's Office says Colin Gear of Stoneham, MA, died of an apparent heroin overdose in his dorm room at Birch Hall on the UMass Dartmouth campus...