PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- The Stark County Sheriff's Office seized several ounces of powerful opioids and charged a man with drug possession Thursday, authorities said. Victor Lynn Waiters, 44, was charged with possession of heroin, weapons under disability, and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, sheriff officials said in a news release. Deputies found [...]
WASHINGTON - Weeks after President Donald Trump officially declared opioid abuse to be a national public health emergency, a bipartisan group of Congress members from Ohio wants him to put the government's money where his mouth is. On Monday, Republican Rep. Dave Joyce of Bainbridge Township and Democrat Tim Ryan of the Niles area released [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The case arrives with all the routine of a traffic citation: A baby boy, just 4 days old and exposed to heroin in his mother’s womb, is shuddering through withdrawal in intensive care, his fate now here in a shabby courthouse that hosts a parade of human misery. The parents nod off [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.— Joline Gutierrez Krueger was with her youngest son at the dentist when Devin, her oldest, called to remind her to buy cat litter. “Love you,” he said, before hanging up. It was March 8, a day that would split her life into before and after. Ms. Krueger, 60 years old, was a [...]
CLEVELAND - Sitting in the kitchen at their home in Bay Village, going through their photo album, Bill and Susan Ayars reminisce about their daughter. “I think the biggest thing about Jennifer, was her laugh,” Mr. Ayars said. But in high school, their daughter Jennifer Ayars’ life began to spiral. “It started before I even [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio-- Overdose deaths in Cuyahoga County are predicted to hit at least 825 in 2017, a 25 percent increase from the year before, according to the county medical examiner's office. And the death toll could be as high as 850. "The problem is not getting better," County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson said at a [...]
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Today Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Office released preliminary numbers of drug cases that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has received to date in 2017. This follows the recent release by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) about the dangers of opioids and the severity of the opioid issue nationwide. [...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jennifer Emerald Ayars was gone in a matter of months. The 28-year-old, who grew up in Bay Village, returned home in September 2015 after working as a chef out of state. She was struggling with addiction. By the end of February, she had overdosed on a combination of fentanyl and cocaine, one [...]
AKRON - Dozens of families who have lost loved ones to overdoses gathered in Akron Wednesday night to celebrate Thanksgiving early. Many of the attendees were children. "It destroys families completely," said Taylor Bornstein. "Making a difference for someone else is the biggest way to push through it." Bornstein helped organize the event, which was hosted [...]
NORWALK, OH - JULY 15: Derrick Slaughter (5) attends a march through the streets of Norwalk against the epidemic of heroin with his grandmother on July 14, 2017 in Norwalk, Ohio. Both of Derrick's parents are heroin addicts and he is now being raised by his grandparents. The day of action, called Hope Not [...]
