Ohio Leader Discusses Plan to Fight Drug Addiction
Ohio leader discusses plan to fight drug addiction
Filed under: Drug Addiction Ohio
Personnel would also check the state's automated prescription reporting system and reserve the right to request photo ID and to require drug screens like urine testing. Ohio had a record number of drug overdose deaths in the most recent reporting year …
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Ohio plans 2013 merger of mental health, addiction treatment agencies
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According to a May 3 story in The Columbus Dispatch, Governor John Kasich plans to merge Ohio's Department of Mental Health (ODMH) with the state's Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) effective July 1, 2013, pending approval by …
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I-Team: You're paying to keep addicts medicated
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Ohio's Medicaid program, administered by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, paid $ 21400000 to pharmacies last year for Suboxone prescriptions. That tax money kept more than 9000 addicts medicated. But one doctor on the Ohio Medicaid drug …
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Ohios_Opiate_Story.mov – “Little Pill, Big Problem: Ohio’s Opiate Story” is a 3-minute motion graphic video summarizing what the State of Ohio is doing to address prescription painkiller abuse. This video takes the viewer on a journey illustrating the scope of the problem and highlights some of the steps being taken to resolve the crisis.
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