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Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, July 14:Akron makes face masks mandatory as COVID-19 cases continue to riseCleveland ranks as most stressed…
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Cuyahoga County is facing a $33.5 million deficit in its Health and Human Services budget before its levy is up for renewal next year. The county is running out of money due in large part to the high numbers of children entering foster care as part of the ripple effect of the opioid crisis. The cost of foster care in Cuyahoga County is close to $5 million per month and growing, according to county officials at a Monday briefing.
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With thousands of kids ending up in foster care because of the opioid crisis, the state is trying a pilot program to help children of addicted…
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One of the state’s most active addiction-treatment programs is expanding its services for women’s and outreach. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze spoke with the head…
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There are many stories of hope woven through the tragedies of Ohio’s opioid epidemic. In this installment of our series, Opioids: Turning the Tide in the…
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Summit County says its new program to reach out to people within days of an overdose is getting increasing support from cities within the county.Since…
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More people died in Ohio from an opioid overdose than any other state in the country in 2014, according to the latest national numbers from the Kaiser…
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Over the last two decades, about 2 million people in the U.S. became addicted to opioids after being prescribed pain killers following an injury or…
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The state attorney general is calling for schools to disclose what kind of drug education they’re providing to students, from their first days in class…
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Narcan (also known as Naloxone) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug. Narcan blocks the effects of opioids on the brain…
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What is an opioid?An opioid is one of a family of compounds that mimics the action of opium by acting on pain receptors and the brain and central nervous…
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Last year was a record year for fatal overdoses in Ohio. And a big part of that spike was the sudden appearance of the deadly opioid carfentanil.In this…