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DeWine Plans Executive Orders Immediately After Being Sworn In
Mike DeWine says Ohioans won’t have to wait long to see some of what he’s going to do as governor. DeWine has talked up children’s initiatives and the opioid crisis… Read More
State To Consider 6 Conditions To Treat With Medical Pot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state medical board is reviewing six additional conditions that can be treated with medical marijuana use in Ohio, including autism and chronic anxiety. Cannabis products… Read More
Ohio to Consider More Conditions Treated with Medical Pot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state medical board is reviewing petitions asking that opioid addiction, autism, depression and other conditions be treated with medical marijuana use in Ohio. Cannabis products… Read More
Foster Care Advocates Say They’ll Ask DeWine For A Lot More Money
Gov.-elect Mike DeWine has said children’s initiatives are a top priority. But one group that advocates for kids says it’s going to push him to prove that in the upcoming… Read More
Study Finds Ohio Overdose Deaths Linked To Meth Have Soared
CLEVELAND (AP) — A report says the number of Ohio drug overdose deaths involving meth or other stimulants soared last year. Orman Hall is an Ohio University researcher and a… Read More
Drug Office Official Visits West Virginia City
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – A drug office official read about what a West Virginia city was doing to combat the opioid epidemic and decided to see it in person. News… Read More
SATB Choir To Perform Sunday December 16th
The SATB Choir is a different kind of choir. Their mission is to “Create powerful and inspiring music in partner with social justice organizations to bring support and awareness to… Read More
Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses
When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.
S.A.T.B. A Different Kind of Choir – Benefit for AthensHOPE – Winter Concert Soaring Above Troubles Beneath – at Arts West
S.A.T.B. A Different Kind of Choir presents their Winter Concert Soaring Above Troubles Beneath Sunday December 16th at 7pm Stop by by for an evening of music and refreshments to benefit… Read More
DeWine Doesn’t Promise To Restore Funding Cuts To Counties
With just over a month before he takes office, Gov.-elect Mike DeWine spoke to the leaders of the state’s 88 counties – who plan to pressure him for more funding… Read More
Another Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women
As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest.
CDC Data Show Ohio Valley Still Has Nation’s Highest Overdose Death Rates
New federal data show the Ohio Valley again led the nation in rates of fatal drug overdoses last year. The data confirm what local officials have reported: Synthetic opioids are… Read More
We’re Living Longer … But A Medical Journal Sees Many Causes For Alarm
Life expectancy is up. The death rate for young children is down. So why is Dr. Richard Horton, editor of ‘The Lancet,’ worried about global health?
“A Failure Of Public Health.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases Rise As Health Budgets Fall
Health officials are tracking record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted disease, including a resurgence of some infections which had been considered rare, such as gonorrhea and syphilis. These STDs are on the… Read More
Athens County’s Alternative Approach to Addiction
As the opioid epidemic continues to sweep Ohio, Athens county law enforcement is addressing the epidemic as a public health crisis rather than a criminal one, employing multiple programs to… Read More
Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?
New research highlights the link between childhood trauma and mental illness and addiction in adulthood, leading some researchers to call it an issue as pressing as any infectious disease.
A Data Dive Into The Ohio Valley Midterm Election Results
The “Blue Wave” that broke in some midterm races around the country hit a “Red Wall” in the Ohio Valley, and while the Democrats will take control of the House… Read More
Mac Miller Died From Overdose Involving Fentanyl, Coroner Finds
The Los Angeles medical examiner said cocaine and ethanol were also present at the time of death.
Statewide GOP Slate Sets Out On Bus Tour Of Ohio
The slate of Republican nominees on the statewide ticket is hitting the road for a bus tour of Ohio, a few weeks after Democrats did the same. The GOP candidates say they would… Read More
On College Campuses, Making Overdose Medication Readily Available
College campuses are growing increasingly concerned about how to keep students safe amid a national opioid crisis. Some schools provide free and easy access to drugs that can reverse an overdose.
Conversations With The Candidates: Yost And Dettelbach For Attorney General
The attorney general is the state’s top cop, protecting Ohioans against shady business practices and against crime on the streets. And the new AG will be among the five new… Read More
Lawsuit Seeks W.Va. AG Morrisey’s Pharma Industry Records
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A lawsuit seeks to force Republican U.S. Senate nominee Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia to release public records related to his communications with the pharmaceutical industry…. Read More
Gingrich Backs Ohio Issue One
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s backing of an Ohio ballot proposal to make most drug possession charges misdemeanors places the Republican stalwart at odds with… Read More
Conversations With The Candidates: Faber and Space For Auditor
The auditor is considered the top taxpayer watchdog, reviewing the books and doing efficiency audits for thousands of units of state and local government. And the office is up for… Read More
Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock On The Path To Sobriety
After decades of addiction to heroin and prescription opioids, Wendy Crites finally made a clean break. “For the first time in my life I just wanted to be off of… Read More
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