Yesterday, I returned to the University of Maryland, my alma mater, to attend a University Senate (the governing body comprised of 90% faculty and staff, and 10% students) meeting where members voted 81-2-1 in favor of an important life-saving overdose prevention policy. I started working on this issue in 2007 as an Undergraduate Senator at UMD when I first introduced the idea for an all-inclusive "Call 911 Good Samaritan" policy that would protect students from University sanctions in situations where emergency medical assistance is needed for a student overdosing on alcohol or other drugs....