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January 12, 2021
Ohio opioid epidemic rages on amid coronavirus pandemic
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The year 2020 will forever be remembered as the year of COVID-19. The year that shut down life as we know it, as society worked to outlast the virus until a vaccine could save the day.
January 12, 2021
Pandemic helped opioid epidemic surge in Ohio
The three months following our state's shutdown—April, May and June— set a record for the largest spike in opioid overdose deaths in Ohio in a decade.
January 12, 2021
Ohio AG warns opioid epidemic is getting worse during the pandemic
Overdose deaths worse in last months of 2020
January 12, 2021
Attorney General Yost, bipartisan AGs push FDA to examine progress in opioid fight
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined a broad coalition of 48 attorneys general in pushing federal regulators to examine recent progress in their fight against opioid abuse.
January 12, 2021
Anderson expected to appeal sentence
Nearly five years from the date a joint investigation in Marietta netted a federal raid on the city’s brick streets, a former local physician was sentenced to prison this month.
January 11, 2021
Record surges in Ohio opioid overdoses prompts Yost to urge vigilance
COLUMBUS — More Ohioans died of an opioid overdose during a three-month period last year than at any time since the epidemic began, according to an analysis by a task force created by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
January 11, 2021
Opioid Crisis: Free Kits Can Reverse Effects of Overdose
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The public health spotlight is on COVID-19, but the opioid epidemic still is a major priority in Ohio with a continued tragically high number of drug-overdose deaths.
January 11, 2021
Post-Surgical Patch Releases Non-Opioid Painkiller Directly to the Wound
DURHAM, N.C. – A Duke-led team of scientists has developed a bio-compatible surgical patch that releases non-opioid painkillers directly to the site of a wound for days and then dissolves away.