Allen County Public Health is reminding residents of their Project DAWN program that supplies Narcan in the event that someone overdoses. Project DAWN stands for "Deaths Avoided With Naloxone" and is a statewide program that provides agencies and community partners to distribute free Narcan to those who might need the lifesaving medicine in the event of an overdose. ACPH says that Allen County does see both fatal and non-fatal overdoses, some of which are unintentional, so their goal is to prepare the community to help combat the opioid epidemic.

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day in honor of both those who have lost their lives and survivors of overdose. Organizers of the resource fair say that many in Lima have been hard at work trying to help those suffering from addiction and save lives, but they have seen an increase in overdoses since the pandemic began in 2020. 

FINDLAY, OH (WLIO) - Health organizations in Findlay reached out to educate the public about overdose and prevention on Thursday.

Narcan became part of society's vocabulary due to the opioid epidemic. Associated with drug addicts that couldn’t overcome their addiction and would overdose. Local social service agencies and health officials are working to make “Narcan” more readily available to have in homes in case someone would accidentally double up certain medication.

The City of Delphos wants their community to know how they can best support their family members and neighbors who are struggling with addiction. 

After seeing a rise in mixed drug overdoses, the Ohio Department of Health is recommending a more proactive approach to cases where opioid involvement is unknown. 

Emergency Responders have been busy battling the increase in heroin overdoses in Allen County. Your Hometown Stations' Leslie Moreno spoke to local EMS and the Allen County Health Department to find out how bad the situation is.