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The Franklin County Coroner says the number of fatal drug overdoses during the first three months of the year are up 8 percent from the same period last…
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Overdose deaths started to level off near the end of 2017 and are "finally bending in the right direction," says Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, citing early data.
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A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds opioid abuse a top issue for rural Americans.
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Authorities say 100 people have been charged with hundreds of counts of drug trafficking, including allegations of flooding the state with doses of deadly…
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President Trump is promising a large ad campaign to try to stem opioid deaths, but Ohio has seen its tally increase even with such ads. More than 25…
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A newspaper survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4 thousand people died from opioid overdoses last year. The survey shows the state's 41…
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The Kaiser Family Foundation says more people died in Ohio from opioid overdoses in 2014 than in any other state. Law enforcement, faith groups and other…
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Chillicothe police are responding to a 48-hour spike in drug overdoses. Officers raided three homes yesterday after 12 people overdosed Monday and…
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The Franklin County coroner's office reports 244 people died of drug overdoses during the first nine months of 2016. That leaves the county on pace to…
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A Columbus drug dealer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil as heroin. 36-year-old Rayshon Alexander…