COLUMBUS, Ohio - Last year, 4,050 Ohio residents died of unintentional drug overdoses, up 32.8 percent from 2015, according a state report released Wednesday. Nearly a third of those deaths were in Northeast Ohio. State officials are attributing the surge to stronger drugs, including fentanyl and the emergence of a similar drug, carfentanil. Carfentanil was [...]
What: Know The Rx Opioid Memorial Event When: Thursday, August 31 11:30am-12:30pm Where: 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd Cleveland, OH 44114 Remarks From: Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish MetroHealth Hospital CEO Dr. Akram Boutros Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CEO Greg Harris This event will bring the community together to remember those we’ve lost [...]
Celebrating Families!™ is a successful, evidence-based 16 week curriculum that addresses the needs of children and parents in families that have serious problems with alcohol and other drugs. The curriculum engages every member of the family, ages 0 through adult, to foster the development of healthy and addiction-free individuals. This is a great free family program [...]
After Raven Mosser gave birth six years ago, she woke up to a social worker in her hospital room. Her newborn son had been born exposed to opioids — drugs she had been abusing for years. If she didn’t get clean, she was at risk of losing him. Mosser, 26, is one face of the [...]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threw the weight of the White House behind the fight against the opioid crisis Thursday and declared it a national emergency. "The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I’m saying officially, right now, it is an emergency," Trump said at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. "It’s a national [...]
The explosion of opioid addiction over the last two decades has taken the lives of many individuals, devastated families and neighborhoods, and put significant strain on the U.S. health and criminal justice systems. A new research center established by Cleveland State University will bring together expertise in social work, psychology, public health, education and urban [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 and brand new numbers show deaths continue to climb, despite constant efforts to cap the opioid epidemic. There are so many prongs to the problem and the reach is so wide. While the state has committed to fighting overdoses [...]
STEAMBOAT SRINGS, Colo. - "For me, this is just where I find peace." High in the mountains, among the most beautiful parts of our country is a place Austin Eubanks was afraid to return to. "I grew up bass fishing in rural Oklahoma." Fishing was his lifestyle. One he loved to share with others. "I [...]
By JOSH KATZ This week, President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid crisis, led by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, recommended that the president declare a national emergency. The problem has become significantly worse recently, so you might feel that you could use a little catching up. Here are 11 things you need to know. See [...]
Surgery patients often end up with leftover opioid painkillers and store the remaining pills improperly at home, a study suggests. The research raises concerns about overprescribing addictive medicine that could end in the wrong hands. Uncertainty among doctors about how much medicine patients really need after common operations contributes to the problem. Many patients also [...]
