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Blog Entries - February 2018
Ohio drug overdose deaths nearly triple US average
"Ohio’s drug overdose deaths rose 39 percent — the third-largest increase among the states — between mid-2016 and mid-2017, according to new federal figures. The state’s opioid crisis continued to explode in the first half of last year, with 5,232 Ohio overdose deaths recorded in the 12 months ending June 31, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports."
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Ohio drug overdose deaths up 39% -- nearly triple US average
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A Judge's Message to Drugmakers
The federal judge overseeing about 200 lawsuits against opioid makers would rather curb the opioid epidemic than referee the litigation. “About 150 Americans are going to die today, just today, while we’re meeting,” U.S. District Judge Dan Polster of Cleveland, Ohio, told the parties earlier this month. “And in my humble opinion, everyone shares some of the responsibility, and no one has done enough to abate it."
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Judge to drugmakers: Stop fights, and work to curb opioid epidemic
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