Karen Siska-Creel, Anne Arundel County’s school health and support director, knows from experience that if a problem pops up in the community, it won’t take long for it to appear in schools. When the opioid epidemic began to spread in Anne Arundel County around 2016, Siska-Creel saw local fire departments establish pop-up stations to help people suffering from addiction. But it wasn’t until a high schooler pleaded with school nurses and the health department for help with their addiction that she realized the depth of need in the public school system.

As I sit down to write this column, it is 8:30 a.m. in the Eastern United States, 3:30 p.m. in

“Hey man, can I clean your windshield?” The enthusiastic young man approached my car from the left side with a big smile. The all-too-familiar city scene. Squeegee in one hand and a spray bottle in the other.

Vida slid her hand across the cool surface of the wooden end table and searched for the box of matches she had left along with a lighter next to the candle the night before. She bit her lip. Was she already getting used to the changes being forced on her—on all Iranians?

Slowly searching in the sea of life, The sound of birth echoes within me that night; I search for passion,

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