Penn State Today recently featured the article, “Examining the opioid epidemic through the lens of crime data.” The article discusses a recent paper published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, titled “Trends in opioid-related crime incidents and comparison with opioid overdose outcomes in the United States.” The authors, all from Penn State, include Qiushi Chen, The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Glenn Sterner, Department of Criminal Justice and CJRC Faculty Affiliate, Joel Segel, Department of Health Policy and Administration, and Zixuan Feng, The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.