What is national opioid settlement?
These settlements, if agreed and adopted, will provide substantial funds to states and subdivisions for abatement of the Opioids epidemic across the country and will impose transformative changes in the way the settling defendants conduct their business.
What is Ohio doing about the opioid crisis?
Under the leadership of the Governor's Cabinet Opiate Action Team, Ohio has developed one of the nation's most aggressive and comprehensive approaches to combating drug abuse, addiction and overdoses, and is investing more than $1 billion each year in this fight at the state and local levels.
How many people in Ohio are addicted to opioids?
Experts believe that as many as 200,000 individuals in the state of Ohio are currently struggling with an opioid addiction.
When did the current opioid crisis begin?
The first wave began with increased prescribing of opioids in the 1990s, with overdose deaths involving prescription opioids (natural and semi-synthetic opioids and methadone) increasing since at least 19993. The second wave began in 2010, with rapid increases in overdose deaths involving heroin4.