During National Drug Take Back Day on April 29, local law enforcement in Richland County collected a total of 313 pounds of unused or expired prescription medication. Across the METRICH region collected over 2,000 pounds of unused or expired prescription medication. Richland County agencies that participated include Mansfield Police Department collected 167 pounds; Richland County […]

Residents came out in steady numbers to police departments in Lorain County on Saturday with bags of expired or no longer needed prescription pills for a drug turn-in day. Saturday’s collection accounted for the bulk of more than 4,000 pounds of pills collected from residents over the last six months. Though the event is something […]

A white board hanging in the Franklin County prosecutor’s office is running out of space to write the names of those charged with providing drugs that caused fatal or nonfatal overdoses. The board contains the names of 12 people who have been indicted for one or more counts of involuntary manslaughter. The latest name added […]

Lawrence County Prosecutor Brigham Anderson, and Common Pleas Court Judges Charles Cooper, Andrew Ballard and David Payne, brought the community together in South Point last Thursday to hear stories from those whose lives have been impacted by addiction, to discuss strategies for engaging the community, and to answer community questions about addiction, prevention, and recovery. […]

Recently, in just three days, Madison Township officials responded to five opiate overdoses. Police report the first — around 1:30 a.m. March 18 — involved a 36-year-old man whom officers revived with a dose of Narcan. The second, which happened about 8 p.m. March 18, involved a 26-year-old man who also required Narcan to come […]