E-cigarettes, or vapes, were first invented in 2003 and have increased in popularity as an alternative to smoking. E-cigarettes function by heating an oil made of nicotine, flavorings, and other chemicals to...

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I like to think of democracy as a muscle. If you do not exercise it frequently, it will atrophy and weaken. Whether the circumstances are fighting for your basic human rights or contesting a simple pa...

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It all started with a Facebook post. On July 24, I read a message written by Janan Amin, a third-year PharmD candidate at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, who was reaching out to find APhA–ASP Ch...

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In September, the APhA–ASP House of Delegates passed Resolution 2020.1, which encourages schools and colleges of pharmacy to provide mental health resources for students, including readily accessible counse...

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Write every day, and make it a point to read daily, too. Why? The answer is simple: to fill up on knowledge is humbling. It is necessary for aspiring student pharmacists to adopt such an approach to da...

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One of the first assignments I was given as the 2019–20 APhA Executive Resident was to represent APhA at a pandemic planning meeting in Washington, DC. At one point, the stakeholders contemplated th...

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Two years ago, APhA–ASP, with the support of Merck, launched the Women’s Health Campaign (WHC) and made the commitment to address the health education needs of women across the country. Women’s he...

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When I was a kid, the same ice cream truck would visit my house each summer. It wasn’t an ordinary ice cream truck, though. What made this ice cream truck so special? Well, the ice cream was always fr...

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While recently attending an AHEC Scholars Program presentation on barriers to health care in the LGBTQ+ community, some staggering statistics were revealed about the transgender community. These included 41...

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APhA–ASP provides a unique place for student pharmacists to cultivate ideas into actionable projects, events, and policies. What drives the Academy is the amazing student ideas for serving the community an...

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