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SPECIAL REPORT: What’s New in Overdose Death in 2021
Harm Reduction Ohio provides an in-depth look at the latest trends in our state’s overdose epidemic. Stimulants — both meth and cocaine — definite the current era of overdose death. Black men are, by far, dying at the highest rates and the gap is growing. Did the crackdown on Rx drug cause the overdose epidemic?
Ohio’s New Overdose Era: Adulterated stimulants
Meth and cocaine deaths are driving overdose death. Ohio has an overdose crisis, not an opioid problem.Ohio hasn't had an "opioid crisis" for many years. We have a drug adulteration crisis, and the people who are dying are increasing numbers are those who use meth and...
Ohio’s Real Overdose Crisis: Fentanyl-adulterated stimulants
Meth and cocaine deaths soaring to record levels Stimulants contain fentanyl is driving overdose epidemic Confirmed overdose deaths in Ohio reached 3,269 today, a 5.5% increase over the number reported at the same time last year. It seems likely that, in 2021, Ohio...
VIDEOS: Harm Reduction Ohio Public Policy Series
Watch videos of Harm Reduction Ohio’s October Public Policy Series. The four panels cover kinship care, drug courts, overdose death and the opioid settlements from an Ohio point of view.
What share of cocaine, meth and heroin contain fentanyl in Ohio?
We answer this question with facts. Fentanyl is more common than ever and the primary driver of Ohio suffering record overdose deaths in 2020 and 2021.
Ohio Counties Ranked By Overdose Death Rate: 2021 vs. 2017
Ohio’s overdose death rate has increased and move its geographic center since 2017. Montgomery County (Dayton) was the epicenter of overdose death five years ago. Today, Ohio’s southeastern Appalachian counties are.
The Deadly History of Fentanyl in Ohio, By Drug, 2010 – 2021
Fentanyl was involved in 4,041 of Ohio’s 5,017 accidental overdose deaths in 2020. This chart shows fentanyl’s role in Ohio’s overdose epidemic for all drugs from 2010 through 2021.
Ohio distributes historic amount of naloxone to reduce overdose death
The state of Ohio has distributed a record 231,929 kits so far this year in a concerted effort to reduce overdose death, which reached a record 5,017 in 2020. The most recent effort supplied naloxone community organizations for the first time, bringing the naloxone closer to people who use drugs and are at risk of overdose death.
Harm Reduction Hero: Brenda Ryan, “bulldog” advocate for the children and caregivers
Brenda became the primary caregiver for her grandson Wyatt after her daughter Sheena died of a drug overdose. Brenda is now one of Ohio’s leading advocates for kinship caregivers, who are not treated fairly in Ohio. List to Brenda talk about kinship care Monday on a Harm Reduction Ohio Zoom panel titled, “Kinship Care: What Ohio Children Need.”
Overdose deaths jump 16.9% among Black Ohioans in 2021
Black Ohioans continue to die from drug overdoses at an alarming rate. Overdose death among Black residents in our state has soared so far in 2021. Death rates among White residents has risen in 2021, too, although at a more moderate rate. The racial gap (and gender gap) in overdose death needs immediate attention.
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