--- --- # Failing to Lead on Our Overdose Epidemic by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 9, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 9, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**The presidential candidates need to lead on America’s overdose epidemic.**](http://theweek.com/articles/647413/america-suffering-from-heroin-epidemic-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-dont-seem-care) By Michael Brendan Dougherty in the Week **2\.** [**Here’s how to help more underrepresented students succeed in STEM higher education.**](http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/new-study-shows-john-jay-prism-program-has-increased-graduation-rates-and-stem-careers-science) By the John Jay College of Criminal Justice **3\.** [**Resilience comes from how well you recharge, not how hard you work.**](https://hbr.org/2016/06/resilience-is-about-how-you-recharge-not-how-you-endure) By Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan in the Harvard Business Review **4\.** [**This system can prevent medical mistakes and empower patients on respirators.**](http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/speak-for-myself.php) By Gisele Galoustian at Florida Atlantic University **5\.** [**After half a century of research on gifted kids, scientists think they know how to raise a genius.**](http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-raise-a-genius-lessons-from-a-45-year-study-of-super-smart-children-1.20537) By Tom Clynes in Nature  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Failing to Lead on Our Overdose Epidemic ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4485274/failing-to-lead-on-our-overdose-epidemic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4485274/failing-to-lead-on-our-overdose-epidemic/"},"headline":"Failing to Lead on Our Overdose Epidemic","datePublished":"2016-09-09T16:00:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:32.025Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4485274/failing-to-lead-on-our-overdose-epidemic/","keywords":["Innovation","Parenting","Work","STEM","opioids","campaign","hospital"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4485274/failing-to-lead-on-our-overdose-epidemic/","name":"Failing to Lead on Our Overdose Epidemic"}}]}] ```