/tags/opioids-epidemic Opioids Epidemic en-US Copyright Thu, 15 May 2025 10:39:51 GMT /2025-05-15/researchers-hope-a-vr-game-can-make-people-confident-to-respond-to-opioid-overdoses Video games have come a long way. Some are pretty realistic, especially with virtual reality. Now, a group of researchers are hoping to incorporate this immersive gaming technology to teach people how to reverse an opioid overdose. Thu, 15 May 2025 10:39:51 GMT /2025-05-15/researchers-hope-a-vr-game-can-make-people-confident-to-respond-to-opioid-overdoses Melissa Ellin /politics-government/2024-12-11/ohio-supreme-court-sides-with-pharmacies-in-appeal-of-650-million-opioid-judgment The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as part of national opioid litigation. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:55:40 GMT /politics-government/2024-12-11/ohio-supreme-court-sides-with-pharmacies-in-appeal-of-650-million-opioid-judgment The Associated Press /2024-03-27/ohios-highest-court-weighs-if-pharmacies-distributing-legal-painkillers-created-public-nuisance Justices sitting on the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case over whether pharmacies can be held liable for selling and distributing legal opioid painkillers. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:20:11 GMT /2024-03-27/ohios-highest-court-weighs-if-pharmacies-distributing-legal-painkillers-created-public-nuisance Sarah Donaldson /2023-06-08/keep-them-alive-ohio-legalizes-fentanyl-test-strips-to-combat-surging-opioid-deaths Ohio joins a growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:44:38 GMT /2023-06-08/keep-them-alive-ohio-legalizes-fentanyl-test-strips-to-combat-surging-opioid-deaths The Associated Press /npr-news/npr-news/2022-12-08/the-white-house-unveils-a-new-system-to-track-and-better-prevent-opioid-overdoses The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses. The focus will be on improving response to a public health crisis that kills more than 100,000 Americans annually. Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:00:09 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2022-12-08/the-white-house-unveils-a-new-system-to-track-and-better-prevent-opioid-overdoses Brian Mann /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-09-13/the-opioid-epidemics-impact-on-ohios-black-communities The opioid crisis continues with overdose rates among Black Ohioans are higher than among white Ohioans. We’ll look at what’s being done to prevent deaths in Ohio’s African American communities. Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:23:52 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-09-13/the-opioid-epidemics-impact-on-ohios-black-communities /news/2022-05-11/judge-to-decide-how-much-pharmacies-owe-two-ohio-counties-over-opioid-crisis A hearing began Tuesday in federal court in Cleveland that will help a judge determine how much CVS, Walgreens and Walmart should pay two northeast Ohio counties to help them ease the continuing opioid crisis. Wed, 11 May 2022 19:52:20 GMT /news/2022-05-11/judge-to-decide-how-much-pharmacies-owe-two-ohio-counties-over-opioid-crisis The Associated Press, NPR /2022-02-01/osu-study-finds-young-people-lost-more-than-1-25-million-years-of-life-due-to-drug-overdoses For the first time, researchers at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have added up the deaths of young people in terms of years of life lost. The study’s findings were published online in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:03:11 GMT /2022-02-01/osu-study-finds-young-people-lost-more-than-1-25-million-years-of-life-due-to-drug-overdoses Matthew Rand /2022-01-31/osu-study-finds-neighborhoods-with-more-opioid-overdoses-have-more-child-abuse Ohio neighborhoods with more opioid overdoses also have a higher rate of child abuse, according to a new study from the Ohio State University’s College of Social Work. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:08:13 GMT /2022-01-31/osu-study-finds-neighborhoods-with-more-opioid-overdoses-have-more-child-abuse Jenny Hamel /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-09-30/wellness-wednesday-confronting-drug-addiction-during-the-pandemic A recent analysis of statewide mortality data concluded that Ohio set a one-month record in May, exceeding 500 overdose deaths for the first time… Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:10:19 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-09-30/wellness-wednesday-confronting-drug-addiction-during-the-pandemic