Sara E. Teller, Author at Legal Reader

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.

Maryland Has Been Hit Hard by the Opioid Epidemic

January 9, 2019

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.

Rape Case Clearance Rates are at an All-time Low

January 8, 2019

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.

Research Reveals which Online Habits Increase Exposure to Viruses

January 8, 2019

Low self-control, including short-sightedness, negligence, physical versus verbal behavior, and an inability to delay gratification can cause computer viruses, research suggests.

Woman Who Suffered a Stroke Accused of Drinking and Driving

January 7, 2019

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.

Michigan State’s Campus-wide Effort to Eliminate Sexual Assault

January 7, 2019

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.

Oregon has a Fentanyl Problem, According to Law Enforcement

January 4, 2019

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.

Youth Opioid Use is a Significant Problem, JAMA Study Suggests

January 4, 2019

A new study suggests that a children and adolescents iare dying from opioid overdoses at startling rates. Between 1999 to 2016, the mortality rate for youth and adolescents due to opioid ingestion nearly tripled.