opioid

DeWine named Alisha Nelson, who has led his anti-drug initiatives in the past, as the leader for the OneOhio Recovery Foundation, a private organization established with money from public opioid settlement funds.

An Ohio State study finds that certain Columbus neighborhoods are opioid treatment deserts, which presents a huge barrier for those seeking help.

The agreement removes the drugmaker from the list of defendants in an upcoming federal opioid trial and follows an August settlement in Oklahoma in which it agreed to pay $572 million.

The public perception of opioid addiction and the reality for addiction victims, their families and loved ones often stand in stark contrast. Stigma is…

An autopsy shows the Kirkersville police chief fatally overdosed on the powerful opioid fentanyl.A report released Friday by the Franklin County Coroner's…

More people died in Ohio from an opioid overdose than any other state in the country in 2014, according to the latest national numbers from the Kaiser…

The Kaiser Family Foundation says that in 2014, Ohio had the highest number of deaths from opiate overdoses in the U.S.In Ohio in 2014, 2,106 people died…

Columbus police have issued what they call an urgent public safety notice about a rash of suspected drug overdoses on Tuesday.Police say first responders…

Unintentional overdoses leading to death due to heroin and opioids hit an all time high in 2014 and the issue continues to be called a state epidemic. In…