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Program established a protocol for prescribing pain killers.

Proceeds of the fraud were used to fund private jet flights, courtside tickets to the NBA Finals, and purchase of luxury automobiles, jewelry and real estate

Pinnacle Treatment Centers announced on Tuesday that it has opened a community-based program in Brilliant, Ohio, a town on the eastern border of the state.

Treatment center part of Pinnacle's expansion in Ohio in the fight against the opioid crisis

For a second time, state Rep. Gayle Manning’s (R-North Ridgeville) legislation that addresses the shortage of chemical dependency counselors in Ohio, the profession that helps individuals at addiction treatment centers, has passed within the Ohio House.

An Ohio physician was sentenced to 40 months in prison today for his role in illegally distributing controlled substances.

A study conducted by two professors at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, found that physician bias and stigma toward people who misuse opioids was greater among rural practitioners vs. those in urban settings.

Ohio University professors Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., and Lindsay Dhanani, Ph.D., have continued their research examining how psychology and public health intersect, this time analyzing the effects of physician bias and stigma toward people who misuse opioids.