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Daily Archives: April 30, 2018

Washington Post: As the opioid epidemic rages, the fight against addiction moves to an Ohio courtroom

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MCARTHUR, Ohio — The opioid epidemic has affected nearly every aspect of life in Vinton County. Teachers buy shoes for students whose addicted parents send them to school in footwear held together with tape. Overdose deaths have surged. Foster care is overwhelmed. The jail is bursting at the seams. The expenses related to caring for the…

April 30, 2018
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Hadi Sedigh
Associate Legislative Director - Justice & Public Safety
National Association of Counties

Jim Brooks
Director, City Solutions
National League of Cities

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