Opioids

The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says its grants can no longer be used to purchase substance use testing strips. Ohio organizations are scrambling to replace the lost funds.

The county recorded around a dozen suspected overdose deaths between Wednesday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 26.

A new synthetic opioid called cychlorphine is being linked to a growing number of fatal overdoses across the Midwest — including in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The county's Addiction Response Coalition credits the decline to its continued effort to address the crisis from all sides.

Addiction recovery money was withdrawn Tuesday with no reason given.

Ohio legal aid organizations are using opioid settlement dollars to connect people in recovery to attorneys.

Kentucky cities and counties are supposed to tell the state how they spend their opioid settlement funds, but compliance has been scattershot.

As large sums of money from opioid settlements trickle into Ohio communities, some are choosing to fund law enforcement programs. That's sparked a debate about the most effective use of the money.

Over the last 10 years, the group's mission has expanded and it's become a model for similar addiction-related agencies across the state and the country.

Hamilton County has already received upwards of $7 million in opioid settlements, with millions more to come. How is the county spending its payout?