/news/tags/opioids-turning-the-tide-in-the-crisis Opioids: Turning the Tide in the Crisis en-US Copyright Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:38:44 GMT /news/health-science/2017-03-22/commquest-expands-womens-residential-treatment-one-of-the-biggest-needs-of-the-opioid-crisis One of the state’s most active addiction-treatment programs is expanding its services for women’s and outreach. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze spoke with the head… Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:38:44 GMT /news/health-science/2017-03-22/commquest-expands-womens-residential-treatment-one-of-the-biggest-needs-of-the-opioid-crisis M.L. Schultze /news/health-science/2017-03-07/race-deaths-and-past-wars-on-drugs-all-shape-ohios-response-to-the-heroin-crisis More than a quarter of the 51,000 people in Ohio’s prisons are drug offenders, and the state is trying to figure out how to move some of them to treatment… Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:38:10 GMT /news/health-science/2017-03-07/race-deaths-and-past-wars-on-drugs-all-shape-ohios-response-to-the-heroin-crisis M.L. Schultze /news/health-science/2017-03-07/beyond-nalaxone-the-legal-system-tries-to-battle-the-crisis-with-alternatives-to-prison Ohio has a big problem with opioids and with prison overcrowding. A system meant to handle fewer than 39,000 people is holding more than 51,000, and many… Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:23:14 GMT /news/health-science/2017-03-07/beyond-nalaxone-the-legal-system-tries-to-battle-the-crisis-with-alternatives-to-prison M.L. Schultze /news/community/2017-02-21/hope-amidst-the-opioid-crisis-grassroots-passion-and-a-continuum-of-care There are many stories of hope woven through the tragedies of Ohio’s opioid epidemic. In this installment of our series, Opioids: Turning the Tide in the… Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:00:00 GMT /news/community/2017-02-21/hope-amidst-the-opioid-crisis-grassroots-passion-and-a-continuum-of-care Amanda Rabinowitz /news/community/2017-02-15/ohio-law-enforcement-faith-groups-and-community-leaders-gather-to-discuss-opioid-epidemic 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… Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:26:03 GMT /news/community/2017-02-15/ohio-law-enforcement-faith-groups-and-community-leaders-gather-to-discuss-opioid-epidemic Andy Chow /news/health-science/2017-02-07/opioids-do-drugs-to-fight-drugs-help-or-hurt When it comes to drug addiction, a challenge facing everyone from first responders to long-term caregivers is interrupting the cycle of dependency. This… Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:45:00 GMT /news/health-science/2017-02-07/opioids-do-drugs-to-fight-drugs-help-or-hurt /news/health-science/2017-02-02/would-you-be-ready-to-save-someones-life-with-narcan 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… Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:35:16 GMT /news/health-science/2017-02-02/would-you-be-ready-to-save-someones-life-with-narcan Amanda Rabinowitz /news/community/2017-01-10/the-emergence-of-the-elephant-tranquilizer-carfentanil-marked-a-shift-in-the-opioid-supply Last year was a record year for fatal overdoses in Ohio. And a big part of that spike was the sudden appearance of the deadly opioid carfentanil.In this… Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:00:00 GMT /news/community/2017-01-10/the-emergence-of-the-elephant-tranquilizer-carfentanil-marked-a-shift-in-the-opioid-supply Jeff St. Clair