An upcoming community event in Lima aims to educate the public about fentanyl and prevent future overdoses as statewide numbers decline. Organizers say awareness and proper handling are key to continuing progress in reducing drug-related deaths.
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that two state programs will award a total of $5 million in funding to support local law enforcement's work to combat illegal drug activity and promote substance use prevention and recovery.
Ohio 5th District Congressman Bob Latta is celebrating a new law aimed at addressing the fentanyl crisis in the United States.
Real Talk. Real Facts— This was the theme of the first annual community gathering hosted by Association of People Against Lethal Drugs, or APALD. For inspiration overcoming addiction, Vice President JD Vance's mother, Beverly Vance Aikins, was the keynote speaker. Aikins shared her story battling years of drug addiction that was also made public in Vice President Vance’s 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy.”
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) has cosponsored Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ben Ray Luján’s (D-N.M.) resolution to recognize May as National Foster Care Month.
The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board recently received "One Ohio" funds to support two programs designed to assist individuals struggling with opioid addiction. Commissioners have allocated just over $50,000 to the Allen-Auglaize County Peer Center, operated by Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions, and to a dedicated intervention specialist for the juvenile court system.
Doctors from the Cleveland Clinic talk about how this new non-opioid pain medication could help reduce the issue of opioid addiction in the United States.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Area non-profits and healthcare organizations banded together to prevent addiction and overdoses. For the second year, the M…
Two Ohio Northern University professors have teamed up to help get to the bottom of the opioid crisis.