Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition /tags/hamilton-county-addiction-response-coalition Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition en-US Copyright Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:37:19 GMT Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition marks 10th anniversary /local-news/2025-03-18/hamilton-county-addiction-response-coalition-10th-anniversary Over the last 10 years, the group's mission has expanded and it's become a model for similar addiction-related agencies across the state and the country. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:37:19 GMT /local-news/2025-03-18/hamilton-county-addiction-response-coalition-10th-anniversary Tana Weingartner Overdose deaths decrease in Hamilton County for second straight year /local-news/2024-03-15/overdose-deaths-decrease-hamilton-county-second-year Overdose deaths peaked in 2017 in Hamilton County, and were down 31% from that peak last year. Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:48:41 GMT /local-news/2024-03-15/overdose-deaths-decrease-hamilton-county-second-year Bill Rinehart Addiction coalition urges vigilance in the new year /health/2024-01-04/addiction-coalition-urges-vigilance-in-the-new-year The Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition and public health agencies say there have been at least two dozen emergency room visits from Dec. 3 to Jan. 2 for overdoses, with three suspected overdose deaths. Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:42:47 GMT /health/2024-01-04/addiction-coalition-urges-vigilance-in-the-new-year Tana Weingartner Addiction services helped decrease overdose deaths in Hamilton County in 2021 /health/2022-03-25/addiction-services-decrease-overdose-deaths-hamilton-county-in-2021 A mass of addiction services helped decrease overdose deaths in Hamilton County to about 454 last year. That's the lowest rate since 2017, when the county saw a peak of 570 overdose deaths. A new influx of cash from a recent national opiate settlement will boost those services. Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:30:00 GMT /health/2022-03-25/addiction-services-decrease-overdose-deaths-hamilton-county-in-2021 Jolene Almendarez Addiction Response Coalition increases education as it braces for fentanyl variants to enter Ohio /local-news/2021-11-09/hamilton-county-addiction-response-coalition-fentanyl-variants Hundreds of people in Hamilton County continue to die from overdoses. It was 432 in 2020. Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:14:08 GMT /local-news/2021-11-09/hamilton-county-addiction-response-coalition-fentanyl-variants Ann Thompson Despite A Drop In Overdose Deaths In 2020 In Hamilton County, Addiction Still A Challenge For Many /local-news/2021-02-26/despite-a-drop-in-overdose-deaths-in-2020-in-hamilton-county-addiction-still-a-challenge-for-many Not surprisingly, the coronavirus pandemic did not help efforts to tackle the opioid epidemic in Hamilton County in 2020. The Hamilton County Addiction… Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:01:27 GMT /local-news/2021-02-26/despite-a-drop-in-overdose-deaths-in-2020-in-hamilton-county-addiction-still-a-challenge-for-many Tana Weingartner Hamilton County Heroin Task Force Wants To Take Fight 'To Next Level' /local-news/2021-01-21/hamilton-county-heroin-task-force-wants-to-take-fight-to-next-level The Hamilton County Quick Response Team (QRT), connecting surviving overdose victims with treatment, is making such an impact that organizers are planning… Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:37:36 GMT /local-news/2021-01-21/hamilton-county-heroin-task-force-wants-to-take-fight-to-next-level Ann Thompson