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CLEVELAND, Ohio – A gun will kill one out of every 108 people in the U.S., and one in 66 will die of a drug overdose if current death rates hold throughout a lifetime, a Cleveland researcher found in a new study.

Billions from the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy could fund wider use of opioid overdose treatments, programs for babies born addicted, and support programs for mothers and people in jail, according to a draft proposal obtained by Bloomberg Law.

TOLEDO, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is providing a boost to Mercy College of Ohio to help promote recovery.

Clermont County officials are reporting an influx in illegal drugs and an uptick in overdoses since the novel coronavirus pandemic settled in the region.

ASHTABULA — The Ashtabula County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board and the Ashtabula County Substance Abuse Leadership Team in collaboration with Community Counseling Center, Glenbeigh, Lake Area Recovery Center and Signature Health will launch a free training academy, beginning Sept. 1.

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- The Brunswick Board of Education on Monday (Aug. 17) authorized the school district’s participation in a bankruptcy filing by Purdue Pharma, makers of the opioid drug OxyContin.

A group of nine Ohio State students is working to create an app to save lives from the opioid epidemic by identifying and notifying users of drug batches that have been contaminated with highly lethal chemicals in the Columbus area.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio is expected to take major drug distributors to trial in October, seeking to hold them responsible for the devastation of the opioid crisis throughout the state.