Sara is a credited freelance writer, editor, contributor, and essayist, as well as a novelist and poet with nearly twenty years of experience. A seasoned publishing professional, she's worked for newspapers, magazines and book publishers in content digitization, editorial, acquisitions and intellectual property. Sara has been an invited speaker at a Careers in Publishing & Authorship event at Michigan State University and a Reading and Writing Instructor at Sylvan Learning Center. She has an MBA degree with a concentration in Marketing and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, graduating with a 4.2/4.0 GPA. She is also a member of Chi Sigma Iota and a 2020 recipient of the Donald D. Davis scholarship recognizing social responsibility. Sara is certified in children's book writing, HTML coding and social media marketing. Her fifth book, PTSD: Healing from the Inside Out, was released in September 2019 and is available on Amazon. You can find her others books there, too, including Narcissistic Abuse: A Survival Guide, released in December 2017.
A Connecticut taskforce originally approved by Democratic Governor Dannel P. Malloy during the 2018 legislative session recommended against establishing special courts for those addicted to opioids. The panel cited already established programs as sufficient for fighting against the epidemic.
Researchers suspect Massachusett’s opioid epidemic and an increase in Medicare coverage has caused an uptick in the state’s homeless population seeking medical care.
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has filed a lawsuit in federal court against prescription drug makers and distributors claiming the companies downplayed the addictive effects of their products, which have crippled the community.
New Jersey health officials say thousands of patients of the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook may have been exposed to to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Exposure to any one of these would be life-changing.
Maryland had 48,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2017, and by July 1, 2018, 483 people in Baltimore had died of overdoses. This makes it one of the hardest hit states in the U.S.
Police are having a hard time clearing rape cases despite the popularity of the #MeToo movement. Many variables make these cases especially complex and difficult to close.
Low self-control, including short-sightedness, negligence, physical versus verbal behavior, and an inability to delay gratification can cause computer viruses, research suggests.
Carlson, a retired travel agent, had uffered a head injury in 2014 which lead to ongoing medical problems, likely culminating in a stroke. While house-sitting, Carlson got the urge to travel a bit, was disoriented at the time, and ulitmately arrested for drinking and driving.
MSU now requires that all first- and second-year students attend in-person sexual assault prevention and bystander intervention training. It also offers customized prevention training programs for specific academic units, offices, and populations.
The CDC has confirmed that the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is currently the deadliest drug in the United States. In Oregon, specifically, law enforcement officials are combating a 91 percent increase in fentanyl deaths between 2016 and 2017.