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Fourteen doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and others in seven states have been charged for prescribing and distributing dangerous levels of opioids.
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Nitazenes, specifically isotonazine, can be forty times more powerful than fentanyl and are making their way into more Ohio counties
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The Alternative Transport Program offers people experiencing an overdose to receive targeted addiction treatment instead of racking up medical bills. It also saves the Cincinnati Fire Department money.
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A mass of addiction services helped decrease overdose deaths in Hamilton County to about 454 last year. That's the lowest rate since 2017, when the county saw a peak of 570 overdose deaths. A new influx of cash from a recent national opiate settlement will boost those services.
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Dave Yost says he's not "throwing rocks" at the checks that went out under former President Trump starting in 2020, but says knowing there's a connection could help make better policy going forward.
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Ohio is in the middle of a drug crisis involving fentanyl, a powerful opiate that has caused a wave of overdose deaths. Experts join Cincinnati Edition to talk about the recent increase in even more potent analogues of the drug.
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The Hulu series Dopesick depicts the start of the opioid addiction crisis in the U.S. As the crisis continues to grow, here's how you can help those affected in your community.
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Hundreds of people in Hamilton County continue to die from overdoses. It was 432 in 2020.
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The country's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial that began Monday in Cleveland, Ohio, over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.
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The study indicates an increase in Ohio and Kentucky.