Boiler Substance Awareness Network

BSAN aims to educate the Purdue community on substance use disorders (SUD) as both a medical condition and public health issue to ultimately help reduce stigma, a profound barrier to recovery, and decrease rates of SUD in the long-term.

46.3M

People Affected by Substance Use Disorder

119

Participants

6,364

Tracked Doses of Naloxone Distributed

Goal to End Stigma of Substance Use

BSAN in the Public

Substance Use Disorder Expert Panel

April 1, 2026 panel hosted on zoom with Dr. Adam Kronish, Dr. Jerome Adams, Dr. Helen Jack, and Dr. Justin Berk all speaking about the intersection between SUD, research, medicine, and public health.

Watch The Expert Panel Here

Changing Minds and Lives: A Substance Use Awareness Campaign

2025 Volume of the Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement article, publicly available as of Feb 18, 2026, written by the co-founders of BSAN about our impact as of late 2025.

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Read the Full Article Here

Students band together to stop the stigma around substance use disorder

April 2, 2025 Exponent Article giving an overview of BSAN.

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Read the Full Article Here

Purdue students pitch bold solutions to global problems, receive cash prizes

March 13, 2025 Purdue Innovates Competition where BSAN pitched the use of virtual reality to combat SUD stigma

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Read the Full Article Here

Purdue Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement Podcast Competition

2025 Winners of the Purdue CCSC Podcast Competition in the Innovation and History Category for "BSAN History of Narcan"

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Listen to the Podcast Here