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Ohio law permits pharmacists to give the overdose antidote Naloxone without a prescription to people who deal with opioid addiction. One lawmaker is…

Columbus Division of Police officers rarely use gas masks, but they have them in case highly volatile situations like riots break out. So Iris Velasco…

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.

Despite the expanded availability of an overdose antidote, Ohio still has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths in the country.But what…

Opioid deaths dropped by nearly a third in Hamilton County following an aggressive program to get an opioid antidote into the community.Naloxone, also…

Overdose deaths are down in Summit County since a public health emergency was declared one year ago.Overdoses killed nearly one person a day in Summit…

College campuses are growing increasingly concerned about how to keep students safe amid a national opioid crisis. Some schools provide free and easy access to drugs that can reverse an overdose.

The Ohio Department of Medicaid announced that Medicaid will begin covering more medications to help with drug withdrawal symptoms, beginning in…

The coroner for the county that includes Ohio's capital city is warning of a spike in overdose deaths and encouraging friends and family members of…

More than two dozen people have been treated for possible drug exposure at the Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe. Medical officials say the…