Legal Reader News – The Drug Helpline lists 28 states at high risk for a spike in overdose fatalities....
Ohio
Justice Department Announces Results in Fight Against the Opioid Crisis Two Years after Launch of Operation S.O.S.

DOJ News Release – In July 2018, the Department of Justice announced the launch of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S),...
US: The Opioid Crisis, Already Serious, Has Intensified During Coronavirus Pandemic

Wall Street Journal News – Overdose deaths rise as job losses and stress from Covid-19 destabilize people struggling with...
The Tribune Chronicle – WARREN — A former Liberty Township registered nurse was indicted on multiple felonies related to...
OH: Fentanyl, cocaine, weapons, currency found during task force search

Lima News – Large amounts of fentanyl, suspected cocaine and crack cocaine, firearms and a pharmaceutical grade commercial pill...
OH: 9 arrested, charged federally in connection to human trafficking operation involving drugs exchanged for sexual access to children

Highland County Press – A federal grand jury has indicted a Scioto County man and several of his family...
Cincinnati News Report – In recent so-called “double overdoses,” it was a combination of heroin, fentanyl and xylazine A...
US News Report – Isotonitazene comes in a yellow or off-white powder that can be cut into other drugs A...
Addiction Professional News – Fatal overdoses are up 11.4% over that period, and nonfatal overdoses have increased by 18.6%....
The Intelligencer News – SANDUSKY, Ohio — Ohio has banned a deadly synthetic opioid that has become a new...