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ARC Provides Funds For Addiction Treatment Projects In Athens County and Kentucky
The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded more than two million dollars to expand addiction treatment and recovery resources for women in rural regions of the Ohio Valley hit hard by… Read More
The Providers | INDEPENDENT LENS | Monday, April 8 at 10
The Providers Premieres on Independent Lens Monday, April 8 on PBS and PBS.org Against Overwhelming Odds, Three Medical Practitioners in Rural New Mexico Are Making a Difference in the Lives… Read More
Breaking the Cycle of Drug Abuse
The opioid epidemic has devastated communities throughout Ohio and the nation and it is tearing families apart. The situation has gotten so drastic that the White House declared it a… Read More
Ohio Budget Includes Funds for Narcotics Intelligence Center
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget plan includes funding to set up a state narcotics intelligence center to combat the opioid epidemic. The new center, which would… Read More
Lawmakers Get Two Sets Of Forecasts To Start Budget Process
On the first day of hearings on Gov. Mike DeWine’s $69 billion operating budget, lawmakers are hearing about two sets of economic forecasts. And they’ll have to decide which estimates they’ll… Read More
DeWine Calls For 30 New Drug Courts In Ohio
Gov. Mike DeWine will propose the creation of 30 new specialty dockets, known as drug courts, as part of his budget expected to be officially released Friday. The move is… Read More
Pence Talks Energy, Trump at Ohio Oil and Gas Gathering
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence highlighted curbs in environmental regulations and called energy a “source of prosperity” during a speech in Ohio’s capital city of Columbus. Pence,… Read More
Medical Marijuana: How SE Ohio Plays a Unique Role in its Growth
Cannabis– it’s a plant that’s been around long before our time. Cannabis was likely discovered around 500 B.C., according to History.com, and its uses ranged from healing practices and religious… Read More
Gov. DeWine’s Plan To Focus On Health Of Families Is Getting Good Reviews
In his State of the State speech, Gov. Mike DeWine said he will have a team of cabinet members dedicated to dealing with public health including opioid abuse, mental health… Read More
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Announces He Will Resign
Gottlieb, who will resign in a month, stood out in the Trump administration for his efforts to regulate the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries. The reasons for his resignation are not yet clear.
DeWine To Give First State of The State
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to bolster arguments for raising the Ohio gas tax by 18 cents, promote programs to improve children’s lives and discuss plans… Read More
New Governor to Deliver 1st State of the State Speech
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to push for an increase in Ohio’s gas tax and promote efforts to fight the opioid epidemic in his first State… Read More
35th Annual Milton Friedman Lecture at Marietta College
The 35th Annual Milton Friedman Lecture at Marietta College will be delivered by Dr. Mark Schweitzer, Senior VP at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Dr. Schweitzer’s talk is entitled… Read More
No More Oxycontin For Injured Workers In Ohio
As of July 1, the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation will no longer pay for a powerful painkiller that’s at the center of the opioid crisis here in the Buckeye State. Ohio… Read More
New ARC Grants Combine Economic Recovery And Addiction Recovery
The Appalachian Regional Commission announced Thursday another $22.8 million in funding to 33 projects aimed at revitalizing economies in places affected by the decline in the coal industry. The awards are the… Read More
David Sheff- Author of Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction
David Sheff, New York Times #1 best seller author of Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction, will speak at the Barnesville High School on March 27th. Event… Read More
Introducing ‘Throughline,’ NPR’s New History Podcast
Weekly show about the history missing from conversations around current events, hosted by Rund Abdelfatah & Ramtin Arablouei Throughline, the newest addition to NPR’s podcast roster, provides the history we… Read More
Steep Climb In Benzodiazepine Prescribing By Primary Care Doctors
U.S. prescriptions for Valium, Ativan and other benzodiazepines have shot up since 2003, statistics show, especially for chronic pain. Roughly half those prescriptions are from primary care providers.
Athens Turns out for Rainy Women’s March
Editor’s Note: delfin bautista uses they/them pronouns and spells their name with lower case letters. Bee Irwin also uses they/them pronouns. WOUB News is honoring their preferences. Local residents, from… Read More
Still Fighting: These Widows’ Stories Show Larger Effects of Black Lung Epidemic
Nancy and Rich Potter had the kind of marriage that made other couples jealous. He’d take her on spontaneous trips. She’d wear her Daisy Dukes just for him. Joyce Birman… Read More
State Public Awareness Campaign Launched To Promote Foster Care And Adoption
Ohio has nearly 16,000 children in the custody of county children’s services agencies. Gov. Mike DeWine wants to increase the number of foster care families available to meet that need…. Read More
West Virginia: Proposal To Give $10M For Trump’s Border Wall
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some lawmakers in drug-ravaged West Virginia want to pitch in millions of dollars for President Donald Trump’s wall-building effort along the U.S.-Mexico border. The GOP-led House… Read More
Filing: OxyContin Maker Forecast ‘Blizzard Of Prescriptions’
BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be… Read More
Update: Mike DeWine Urges Optimism for Ohio at Inauguration
Update 1:40 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – New Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says he’s beginning his four-year term with great optimism about Ohio’s future and a commitment to hearing others’… Read More
Health Company Giving Drug Disposal Kits to West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A health care company is donating thousands of disposal kits to help West Virginia residents dispose of unused opioids and other drugs. Gov. Jim Justice announced… Read More
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