2018 Westheimer Peace Symposium: Social Justice and the Opioid Crisis

Since 2016, Ohio has ranked 2nd in the nation for overdose deaths from opioids. Wilmington College will join together with area communities Oct. 2 in an effort to better understand this high rate of death through the 28th Westheimer Peace Symposium. The annual daylong program will look at the opioid crisis from a social justice perspective. It will consider how issues such as low-paying jobs and the lack of availability of social services in Ohio, relate to spikes in incarceration. The program also will examine the racial aspects of addiction responses.