Overdose deaths declined in early 2022 before rising in summer Deaths could fall below 5,000 for first time since 2019 Today, Harm Reduction Ohio issued its first projection of expected overdose deaths in Ohio in 2022. The estimate is based on the pace of...
Largest online program in United States From 0 to 10,000 kits annually in four years Harm Reduction Ohio’s very first online order for naloxone arrived February 14, 2019. It thrilled us. We jumped around in excitement. Our second order came in February 20, 2019....
Ohio has 88 counties. These have the worst overdose death rates as of October 5, 2022. Worth noting: The list skews heavily toward rural Appalachian counties in southeast Ohio. Vinton, which has the highest overdose death rate this year, is located in Appalachia and...
“No amount of time makes it not just kill you.” ‘Survivor’ contestant Elie Scott talked movingly of the death of her sister in an episode that appeared Wednesday night, September 21. Elie is a clinical psychologist from Georgia. Her older...
This is not normal Drug use levels are not Ohio’s problem Harm Reduction Ohio has already reported that Ohio suffered a record number of overdose deaths last year: 5,174 residents died of accidental drug overdoses in 2021. Another way to look at the intensity...
A lot. It’s easy to forget that a decade ago Ohio had normal rates of overdose death. You’d expect Ohio to have average rates of overdose death because we have (slightly below) average rates of drug use. It’s a myth that increased drug use is the...
