Opioid deaths

There were 63 fatal overdoses in January 2022, the deadliest January on record, according to data from the county medical examiner's office.

Community leaders around Ohio are weighing whether to sign on to t he $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and a manufacturer ....

As the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the opioid epidemic, Cuyahoga County announced plans to use millions from its 2019 opioid settlement with Johnson & Johnson to support women and infants dealing with substance use disorders.

Ernest Angley has died at age 99; about 60,000 doses of naloxone are being distributed to ZIP codes in 23 Ohio counties; hundreds of inmates awaiting trial in Youngstown will be moved out of state; and more stories.

U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest.

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Federal money to fight the opioid crisis nearly doubled in the last two years, according to a national think tank’s new report analyzing that funding. The…

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Governor John Kasich says the state’s crackdown on prescription opioids is making headway in the fight against drug deaths but he says there’s more that…