Overdose deaths

Ohio's unintentional overdose deaths fell by 5% in 2022, a contrast to the national number, which rose by 1%.

Ohio legislators are considering legislation that would decriminalize a test that can detect fentanyl in drugs, a move advocates say could save lives.

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Twelve died in a two-day stretch last month.

Doug Ullmann has seen firsthand that naloxone can save lives. He said a person overdosed at the addiction treatment house where he lived, and another person administered naloxone to save his life.

The Geauga County Board of Health will start distributing naloxone to the community starting this fall. County health officials will distribute 250 kits of the opioid overdose reversal medication known as Narcan thanks to a $75,000 state grant. Anyone can obtain a life-saving kit for free, said Geauga’s Director of Nursing, Christine Wyers.

Ohio coroners are raising new warnings following a spike in drug overdose deaths.

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The Ohio Health Department puts the official death toll last year from accidential drug overdoses at 4,854 people. That’s more than 13 people a day, and a…