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The state’s Third Frontier Commission has announced five winners for ideas and projects it thinks could make a difference in the fight against opioids.…
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True to his word in Tuesday’s State of the City Address, Mayor Dan Horrigan today launched a “Quick Response Team” program for overdose cases in Akron.…
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Narcan (also known as Naloxone) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug. Narcan blocks the effects of opioids on the brain…
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A new survey of Ohioan’s health concerns shows drug use tops the list followed closely by health insurance. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU’s M.L. Schultze…
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A decade-long look at the quality-of-life in Summit County shows renewed optimism about jobs in greater Akron, even as concern over safety has risen in…
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A state committee on Drug Use Prevention Education held its first meeting in Akron Thursday, hearing testimony on what needs to be done in schools to…
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Ohio’s attorney general has been doing events around the state in the last few weeks to bring more awareness to the state’s drug opioid epidemic.And that…
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More than a dozen school superintendents met today with law enforcement to discuss the growing opioid crisis.Officials from Summit, Portage, Cuyahoga and…
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The Summit County Community Partnership is one of the agencies that marked International Overdose Awareness Day today. And as WKSU’sKabirBhatia reports,…
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Summit County Health Department Trains Police and the Public on How to Use an Overdose-Reversal DrugAkron police are being trained this week on how to use the drug Naloxone to revive overdose victims. And as WKSU’sKabirBhatia reports, other cities – and…