Treatment
March 25, 2021
For Incarcerated Patients Battling Addiction, A New Program Offers Treatment
For as long as Dr. Carlos Menendez has been there, Family Health Services of Darke County, Ohio, has managed the withdrawal symptoms of patients entering the local jail.
April 14, 2021
Fentanyl Ban Complicates Biden’s Plan to Shift Drug Policy (1)
Civil rights groups want fentanyl-like substance ban to end
A record 85,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2020
April 1, 2021
Biden Administration Releases Drug Control Policy Priorities After Deadliest Year For Overdoses
The Biden administration released its first set of drug policy priorities Thursday after overdose deaths hit record numbers during the pandemic.
March 15, 2021
Rep. Turner holds roundtable on opioid epidemic
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) -- Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) led a roundtable discussion Monday morning on the effects the opioid crisis has had on the Dayton community.
March 19, 2021
Pinnacle Treatment Centers Opens Three Additional Opioid Addiction Treatment Centers In Ohio
Athens Treatment Services, Hamilton Treatment Services and Solon Treatment Services part of Pinnacle's expansion in the fight against the opioid crisis
March 15, 2021
3 News Investigates: How Cuyahoga County is spending its $117 million opioid settlement
It has just $20 million left uncommitted as drug overdoses spiked during covid-19 pandemic
March 1, 2021
Rural Physicians Report Higher Rates of Bias Against OUD Patients
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.
February 26, 2021
Opioid addiction treatment center opens in Brilliant
BRILLIANT, OHIO (WTRF)- The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the only crisis we’re facing. Medical officials are talking about the opioid epidemic, and it’s raging on in parts of the world, Ohio especially.