Tracy Plouck /tags/tracy-plouck Tracy Plouck en-US Copyright Fri, 06 Jul 2018 20:29:52 GMT Head Of State's Mental Health And Drug Addiction Agency Stepping Down /government-politics/2018-07-06/head-of-states-mental-health-and-drug-addiction-agency-stepping-down One of the leading figures in the state’s battle against the deadly opioid crisis is stepping down. The head of the Department of Mental Health and… Fri, 06 Jul 2018 20:29:52 GMT /government-politics/2018-07-06/head-of-states-mental-health-and-drug-addiction-agency-stepping-down Karen Kasler Providers Brace For State's Huge Behavioral Health Overhaul That State Says Hits This Weekend /health-mental-health-aging/2018-06-29/providers-brace-for-states-huge-behavioral-health-overhaul-that-state-says-hits-this-weekend On Sunday – the start of the state’s new fiscal year – the most complicated change the behavioral health system in Ohio has ever undergone officially… Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:53:30 GMT /health-mental-health-aging/2018-06-29/providers-brace-for-states-huge-behavioral-health-overhaul-that-state-says-hits-this-weekend Karen Kasler Rally For Recovery At Ohio ±¬ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï /government-politics/2017-09-29/rally-for-recovery-at-ohio-statehouse Ohio’s opioid crisis is taking the lives of roughly 11 people per day. Recovering drug addicts and people from services that help them gathered on the… Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:57:27 GMT /government-politics/2017-09-29/rally-for-recovery-at-ohio-statehouse Jo Ingles Lower "Sense Of Risk" For Some Illegal Drugs Concerns State Officials /government-politics/2017-08-31/lower-sense-of-risk-for-some-illegal-drugs-concerns-state-officials New limits on prescription painkillers took effect yesterday. And the state says prescription opioid deaths are down from a peak in 2011, and the number… Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:20:25 GMT /government-politics/2017-08-31/lower-sense-of-risk-for-some-illegal-drugs-concerns-state-officials Andy Chow Director Of State's Addiction Agency Talks About Budget And Opioid Battle /government-politics/2017-04-20/director-of-states-addiction-agency-talks-about-budget-and-opioid-battle The most recent stats on drug overdoses in Ohio are from 2015, when more than 3,000 Ohioans died – and the 2016 numbers are expected to be worse. The head… Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:09:30 GMT /government-politics/2017-04-20/director-of-states-addiction-agency-talks-about-budget-and-opioid-battle Karen Kasler