drug overdoses

Deadly drug overdoses in Ohio fell nearly 22% in 2018, to the lowest number in three years. Overdose deaths also dropped in every category of drugs except…

Preliminary data from Franklin County Public Health show 380 Franklin County residents died of an overdose between January and September 2019. That is a…

The Franklin County Coroner’s Office says the number of fatal overdoses during the first nine months of 2019 grew from the same period the year…

Starting next year, states will have the ability to use money dedicated to the opioid crisis for combatting other forms of drug use. Sen. Rob Portman…

Life expectancy in the U.S. has taken a significant downward turn. This is especially true in Ohio and West Virginia, which have the highest rates of overdose deaths among people ages 25 to 64.

As officials look for ways to stem the opioid epidemic, a lot of effort has been put into limiting narcotic prescriptions. But new research suggests...

The amount of meth seized in the U.S. more than doubled from 2017 to 2018. That translates to lots more meth, along with cocaine and other stimulants, on the streets — and likely more deaths.

Ohio coroners are raising new warnings following a spike in drug overdose deaths.Franklin County Coroner’s Office reported nine overdose deaths in 48…

Drug dealers are increasingly supplying their crack cocaine and ecstasy users with drugs tainted with fentanyl. According to the Hamilton County Heroin...

The city of Green in Summit County will equip hotels with Narcan, the naloxone nasal spray drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, in a program believed the be the first of its kind in the United States. Mayor Gerard Neugebauer says the need rose from a disproportionate number of overdoses along Interstate 77.