Seneca County PIVOT recovery program awarded $190,000 state grant
The grant adds to prior funding including $157,665 from OneOhio's opioid settlement fund, though officials haven't said how many participants it will serve.
Opioids
Kratom, 7-OH laws diverge amid the spread of potent synthetic products
Poison center reports jumped nearly 1,200% since 2015, and 36 states introduced regulations this session after two Ole Miss students died with synthetic kratom nearby.
Rural women who got C-sections more likely to be prescribed opioids at home, study finds
The Truveta analysis of 540,000 C-sections found in-hospital pain care was similar nationwide, but rural discharge prescribing gaps raise questions about post-birth addiction risk.
Fentanyl seizures plummeted as Trump administration shifted focus to immigration
One HSI office cut its drug team from seven agents to three as immigration work consumed 99% of staff hours, a DHS watchdog found.
Ohio recovery housing has grown nearly 400%, new executive order provides more oversight
DeWine's order follows accounts of overcrowded, unregulated homes with cockroaches and failing septic systems, especially across opioid-hit southern Ohio.
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Ramaswamy family bodyguard pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking after raid finds 132,000 lethal-dose equivalents
Campaign finance records show Ramaswamy's campaign kept paying ARK Protection $14,000 after the arrest, with a final payment clearing four days after cutting ties publicly.
Kratom to remain illegal in Ohio, judge rules, handing DeWine a win on drugs
Botanic Tonics plans to appeal, but the ruling holds until a June 2027 trial as the DEA separately moves to classify kratom alongside heroin and LSD.
Ramaswamy kept paying security firm after bodyguard arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 132,000 Ohioans
The campaign paid $2,000 to ARK Protection Group four days after publicly firing the firm over the bodyguard's arrest.
Medicaid expansion boosted access to opioid addiction treatment medication, study says
A new study finds Medicaid expansion dramatically increased access to the opioid addiction treatment drug buprenorphine — but experts warn federal Medicaid cuts signed into law last summer could reverse those gains for thousands of patients.
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