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In the wake of the opioid crisis, a pilot program in Cincinnati is designed to fill another gap in addiction treatment. In the Safe Places Cincy project,…
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A pilot program is underway at The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County where social service agencies are handing out literature to people who…
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The Columbus, Ohio, area has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. And local judges say their courtrooms are jammed with misdemeanor cases that are tied...
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In 2018, Side Effects covered community struggles with public health crises, barriers to treatment and clever workarounds to get vulnerable people the...
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Two years after East Liverpool, Ohio, gained notoriety from a viral photo of an overdosed couple, the community is coming to terms with its addiction problem — and taking tentative steps forward.
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Addiction affects millions of Americans. At a live storytelling event, Indiana community members who struggle with addiction shared their stories of...
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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.
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A new report from a group of Ohio researchers documents an explosion in the number of overdose deaths involving methamphetamines and amphetamines.
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As groups , associations , and individual polticians around Ohio line up against a statewide ballot issue to cut jail time for some drug offenders, one...
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Editor's note: This story was first published in Oct. 2018. In November, Hatch met his goal of profiling 50 addicts.Tony DeJohn has a gravelly voice,…