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Increase in Prescription Painkiller Deaths Slows

There’s good news and bad news in Ohio’s battle against drug abuse. The bad news is the number of deaths linked to drugs are still increasing. The good news is the rate of increase is slowing down. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has more on the story.

Nick Castele was a senior reporter covering politics and government for Ideastream Public Media. He worked as a reporter for Ideastream from 2012-2022.