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As money is funneled to states, opioid councils wield significant power in determining how it gets spent. They face concerns about conflicts of interest and lack of representation by affected groups.
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The Ohio Turnpike will provide the nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdoses at 14 service plazas along the 241-mile toll road. Turnpike foremen and assistant foremen will also carry kits in their maintenance vehicles.
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Ohio researchers are trying to determine who is at risk for opioid addiction and why.
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No federal employee holds the title of opioid crisis accountability coordinator. The Office of National Drug Control Policy has not released public statements about the settlements in over a year. And the settlement funds are mentioned just twice in a 150-page national strategy to reduce drug trafficking and overdose deaths.
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The DEA has announced fentanyl combined with xylazine as an emerging drug threat.
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Two wings newly converted from office and storage space at the Justice Center have 92 beds dedicated to clinical treatment of addiction and mental health issues.
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Emergent BioSolutions, the drug company that produces Narcan, said it anticipates it will be on store shelves by late summer.
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The Hamilton County coroner is warning of an animal sedative that's being cut into street drugs with dangerous results.
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The dashboard will bring together data from various state agencies that were previously difficult to access — from the number of people using medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) to the number of units of the overdose reversal drug Naloxone distributed within a community.
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Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco reports if you're using street drugs like opioids and fentanyl, there's a two-thirds to three-quarter chance it also has xylazine, an animal drug that slows breathing and heart rate.