Drug defendant Terry L. Dotson knew he likely was going to receive a prison term Wednesday. “I understand you’re probably going to send me to prison, but I do need treatment,” the 47-year- old Norwalk man told Huron County Common Pleas Judge Jim Conway. Dotson said he had tried to address his long-time addiction to […]
Use and abuse of heroin, fentanyl and other opiates are on the rise across the county, even in the villages. And that increased consumption locally has led to a spike in overdose deaths and the use of Narcan. An Aug. 20 conference in Wooster on the opiate epidemic yielded some startling revelations about what is […]
When area law enforcement agencies were presented with the opportunity to receive kits for officers to use to counteract drug overdoses, Rittman Police Chief Mike Burg was not sure he wanted them. The naloxone, or Narcan, kits were made available through funding from the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Wayne & Holmes Counties after […]
An incident that marred the early season at Orr Park Swimming Pool may be unsettling, but Orrville police say the problem of heroin abuse in the community is not a new one, and does not appear to be going away. The June 6 incident involved a 28-year-old woman a pool attendant found unconscious, slumped over […]
King’s Daughters Medical Center is now working with Ohio law enforcement in the fight against opioid overdose deaths by providing them with naloxone (Narcan), and on Thursday, there was a small press conference to announce the deal. David Marcum from Lawrence County Drug and Major Crimes Task Force, prosecuting attorney Brigham Anderson, Lawrence County Sheriff […]