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Ohio recovery housing has grown nearly 400%, new executive order provides more oversight

  • Megan Henry

Ohio state Rep. Justin Pizzulli recently shared a story about a man struggling with an opioid addiction who received a court order to go to recovery housing in Portsmouth in Scioto County.  “He was supposed to be coming to my community to rebuild his life,” Pizzulli, R-Scioto County, said at a press conference.  Instead, officials […]

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Treating opioid misuse with mindfulness therapy could save thousands of dollars, new study says

  • Alixel Cabrera

A mindfulness treatment created at the University of Utah in recent years has proved to be effective at decreasing opioid misuse. Now, a new economic study found it could also save hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient. That’s if healthcare, criminal justice and lost productivity costs are taken into account.  An opioid addiction epidemic […]

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A closer look at Foulkes’ record on opioids

  • Philip Eil

In 2022, when Dan McKee and Helena Buonanno Foulkes first squared off for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, opioids didn’t get a lot of airtime.  Aside from a few high-profile moments — a jab in a debate by candidate Daniel Munoz, a controversial TV ad where the McKee campaign claimed Foulkes had made money “pumping opioids […]