That occurred last year, is occurring again this year and will continue to occur next year. Each year is getting worse than the previous. In my home, we will see approximately 800 drugrelated deaths in 2017, which is an increase from our most devastating year, last year, 2016, when we saw approximately 660 people die from drugrelated deaths, up from 370 the year before. Nearly 9 to of these deaths will be due to opioids of some kind. Prescribed pills from which the crisis originated and grew from, heroin, fentanyl, and now the newer analogs of fentanyl. Its nationwide Public Health emergency which is simply out of control. Ohio is one of the hardesthit states. Appalachia, the New England States are also particularly hardhit. In the fall of 2011, my office alerted our county executive to an alarming trend and the rise of heroinassociated deaths. In the subsequent months and years weve partnered with our county sheriff, Cleveland Police department, u. S. Attorneys office, county prosecut
Dr. Susan Brown, Dr. Kei Nomaguchi and Dr. Krista Westrick-Payne are among experts from across the state aiming to close the gap between the understanding of and treatment for Ohio’s mental illness epidemic.
/PRNewswire/ Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Lawrence J. Singerman is acknowledged as a Most Trusted Healthcare Professional for his contributions.
WARREN Dr. Robert Heckel, 90, formerly of Warren, passed away Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Dr. Heckel was born Oct. 11, 1932, in Painesville, and grew up in Ma