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The Franklin County Coroner's Office says nearly thirty people have died of drug overdoses in the past 10 days. Officials say on social media there were…
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The turnaround is welcome news after rising drug overdose and suicide rates had pushed life expectancy down since 2014. Could America be turning the tide on opioid addiction?
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His sentencing is the culmination of a months-long criminal trial that resulted in the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid epidemic.
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Columbus and Franklin County leaders yesterday unveiled a new plan to address the opioid crisis. The plan will utilize a steering committee made up of…
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Franklin County officials today released preliminary overdose death statistics for the first nine months of 2019. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office…
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Life expectancy in the U.S. has taken a significant downward turn. This is especially true in Ohio and West Virginia, which have the highest rates of overdose deaths among people ages 25 to 64.
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The Ohio Department of Health says the number of drug overdose deaths in 2018 declined from the previous year. 3,764 deaths were recorded in 2018, down…
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According to a court filing Monday, the family pulled about $10.7 billion from Purdue since 2008 — ramping up withdrawals even after executives pleaded guilty to misleading regulators about OxyContin.
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The new number from Judge Thad Balkman comes nearly three months after he ordered the drugmaker to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis. Both sides had questioned that sum.
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Whitehall police have made an arrest after three people fatally overdosed on opioids at a Powell Avenue home earlier this week. Police say 37-year-old…