/tags/overdose overdose en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:17:13 GMT /health/2025-01-20/uc-study-test-interventions-cincinnati-overdose-hot-spots The study will identify 36 locations with a high concentration of overdoses and install interventions like free naloxone at half the locations. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:17:13 GMT /health/2025-01-20/uc-study-test-interventions-cincinnati-overdose-hot-spots Becca Costello /health/2024-01-26/nky-health-department-overdose-dashboard The tool tracks drug-related ER visits, EMS encounters, EMS use of naloxone, and fatalities across Boone, Campbell, Grant, and Kenton counties. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:47:06 GMT /health/2024-01-26/nky-health-department-overdose-dashboard Zack Carreon /health/2022-05-13/counterfeit-pills-laced-with-fentanyl-emoji-drug-buys-are-the-latest-trends-in-deadly-drug-use-officials-say After two Ohio State University students died of a possible drug overdose and a third was hospitalized, the university warned students of possible counterfeit Adderall pills laced with fentanyl in circulation. Resident Agent of Cincinnati’s DEA office Joe Reder says there's been an increase in fentanyl-laced pills in the area. Fri, 13 May 2022 20:40:37 GMT /health/2022-05-13/counterfeit-pills-laced-with-fentanyl-emoji-drug-buys-are-the-latest-trends-in-deadly-drug-use-officials-say Jolene Almendarez /health/2022-05-10/ohio-free-fentanyl-test-strips-in-the-mail Two students at Ohio State University recently died of overdoses that may have been caused by fentanyl-laced Adderall. Tue, 10 May 2022 19:17:16 GMT /health/2022-05-10/ohio-free-fentanyl-test-strips-in-the-mail Becca Costello /local-news/2020-06-11/25-overdose-deaths-in-10-days-in-hamilton-county A dramatic spike in suspected drug overdose deaths has prompted Hamilton County officials to issue a warning to users. They say shortages of fentanyl from… Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:29:24 GMT /local-news/2020-06-11/25-overdose-deaths-in-10-days-in-hamilton-county Ann Thompson /local-news/2018-06-01/butler-county-residents-can-explore-overdose-data-thanks-to-student-built-website A new website enables Butler County residents to track overdose trends from 2013 to 2017.Statistics students at Miami University gathered data from the… Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2018-06-01/butler-county-residents-can-explore-overdose-data-thanks-to-student-built-website Tana Weingartner /local-news/2017-10-03/using-predictive-analytics-to-slow-heroin-epidemic The Hamilton County Heroin Coalition will use one quarter of a new $400,000 federal grant to predict who might be the next overdose victim and get them… Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:58:12 GMT /local-news/2017-10-03/using-predictive-analytics-to-slow-heroin-epidemic Ann Thompson /community/2017-03-02/the-challenges-facing-local-emergency-medical-services-and-how-they-are-saving-lives-daily Local emergency medical services (EMS) have been taxed by the continuing opioid crisis in our region. During one six-day period last summer in Cincinnati,… Thu, 02 Mar 2017 09:00:05 GMT /community/2017-03-02/the-challenges-facing-local-emergency-medical-services-and-how-they-are-saving-lives-daily /local-news/2017-02-27/area-police-see-mini-spike-in-overdose-deaths Cincinnati Police, the Coroner's Office and City officials are putting drug users and first responders on alert that there's another tainted batch of… Mon, 27 Feb 2017 21:03:15 GMT /local-news/2017-02-27/area-police-see-mini-spike-in-overdose-deaths Ann Thompson /community/2016-10-04/the-need-for-foster-care-for-the-invisible-victims-of-the-heroin-crisis Called the ?invisible victims? of the heroin epidemic, children of addicts are suffering as their parents use and sometimes overdose. In our region, there… Tue, 04 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMT /community/2016-10-04/the-need-for-foster-care-for-the-invisible-victims-of-the-heroin-crisis