Cocaine overdose? Administer naloxone

Cocaine overdose? Administer naloxone

Four of five cocaine-related overdose deaths involve fentanyl Always administer naloxone when users falls asleep or pass out Cocaine adulteration is common in Ohio and has increased in the last year. The chart above tells the sad story. Overall, nearly 80% of overdose...
Carfentanil is back, driving overdose deaths higher in Ohio

Carfentanil is back, driving overdose deaths higher in Ohio

Recent levels highest level since August 2017 Carfentanil drove overdose increase in 2019 Too early to say if drug is cause of new death surge during COVID-19 Carfentanil, the ultra-potent fentanyl analog, has been the primary driver of overdose levels in Ohio since...
Preliminary 2019 Ohio Overdose Death Rates, Ranked by County

Preliminary 2019 Ohio Overdose Death Rates, Ranked by County

Scioto County records highest overdose death rate ever by an Ohio county Worrisome trends in many counties The counties listed above had the highest overdose death rates in Ohio in 2019, according an a harm Reduction Ohio analysis of deaths included in the Ohio...
SPECIAL REPORT: Race and Overdose in Ohio

SPECIAL REPORT: Race and Overdose in Ohio

SPECIAL REPORT: Race and Overdose in Ohio Blacks now dying at faster rate than whites Primary cause: Fentanyl-laced cocaine  Longstanding racial gap in overdose death now weighs against African Americans  in Ohio For the first time in decades, black Ohioans are dying...