Harm Reduction Ohio launches new statewide service for Ohio residents to order naloxone online
Free naloxone for people at risk of overdose and those who love them Narcan and intramuscular naloxone available Order online, delivery by mail Harm Reduction Ohio (HRO) today launched a no-cost way for Ohioans to order naloxone online and receive it confidentially...
Has overdose death left an empty chair at your holiday table?
Holidays can be hard for those who’ve lost a loved one to overdose. Here’s help on how to cope.
Thanksgiving offer for Ohioans now closed. Sorry.
HRO has given away all of the Evzio auto-injectors that had been donated to us.
Harm Reduction Ohio co-authors article in Journal of American Medical Association Online Network
HRO got the Ohio drug seizure data that made this groundbreaking analysis possible. Drug checking at the individual and epidemiological level can save countless lives. “Tell me what”s in the drug supply and I’ll tell you how many people will die.”
DEA Heroin Signature Report, 2017: What it means for users
Black tar heroin much safer than powdered heroin. All heroin is not the same. Black tar heroin is almost never adulterated with fentanyl when smuggled into the United States. A newly released DEA report found that only one of 486 samples (0.2%) of black tar heroin...
Ohio syringe programs: New, updated list with all locations and hours
Find a program near you! Ohio now has syringe programs in 20 counties and at 30 locations. See a complete list of locations, hours and contact information.
VIDEO: Sam Snodgrass, PhD, “The Struggle for Survival: Opioids, Addiction, and the Brain”
Watch the keynote talk at Harm Reduction Ohio’s annual conference. This talk has helped many parents finally understand what was happening with their children who became addicted to heroin.
HRO syringe program advocacy director Billy McCall sentenced to prison for addiction to heroin
Court imposes "consequences" for relapse after longest period of sobriety in his adult life Billy McCall, our beloved syringe program advocacy director, was in court in Newark, Ohio, this morning for having a "dirty" urine test last month. Billy, one of the smartest...
Ohio overdose death toll falls to 3,764 in 2018
Overdose deaths fall about 22.5% from 2017 How many Ohioans died of drug overdoses in 2018? We get asked that question almost every day. The answer is about 3,764, down from 4,854 in 2017. That's a 22.5% decline. The age-adjusted rate of accidental overdose deaths was...
How much fentanyl will kill you?
A lot less than you think.
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- people who use drugs that may contain fentanyl.
- people in frequent contact with people at risk of overdose.
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Dennis Cauchon
President, Harm Reduction Ohio
Dennis is the founder of Harm Reduction Ohio. He created the 501(c)3 non-profit organization to advocate for drug policies that reduce overdose death, imprisonment and other drug war harms.
He is a former national reporter at USA TODAY and Knight Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan Medical School. During his 35-year journalism career, he won various awards, including the Champion of Justice award and H.L. Mencken Award for Investigative Journalism for work on the drug war.
“I believe all people, including drug users, should be treated peacefully and with respect,” he says.
Dennis is the father of two boys and lives in Granville, Ohio.