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We are proud to share that Professor Laurie Meschke MS, PHD<\/a> is featured in Accolades<\/em><\/a>, the official news magazine of the University of Tennessee College of Education, Health, and Human Science.<\/p>\n

The article calls attention to\u00a0 Professor Meschke’s work in the fight against opioid addiction, which impacts almost 70,000 Tennessee residents alone. In addition to educating rural elementary school students about the dangers of addiction, she is also currently investigating such innovative techniques as the potential usage of drones to deliver medications to recovering addicts in rural locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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