Author

Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta is a ninth grader at the Collegiate School and serves on the Board of The Foundation for Healthy Youth. Zubin is a co-founder of “Thousand Blankets” (www.1000blankets.org) , a nonprofit benefitting homeless people and animal shelters.

Commentary

Virginia’s schools must lead in the fight against the opioid crisis

By: - October 30, 2024

Every day, five to six Virginians lose their lives to drug overdoses, a staggering number that highlights the severity of the opioid epidemic gripping our state. Since 2020, more Virginians have died from fatal drug overdoses than from car accidents and gun violence combined, with fentanyl responsible for a significant portion of these tragedies. This […]