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Prescriptions for opioids fall in Ohio, but addiction continues to kill at alarming rates

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

by Cleveland Plain Dealer

In response to a spiraling overdose crisis, Ohio health regulators enacted urgent reforms in 2012 to limit the amount of opioids prescribed to patients, cutting the number of doses by 11.5 percent over the next three years.

But the quick results collided with a cold reality: Overdose deaths in the state skyrocketed during that same period.

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