Report highlights efforts to stem drug overdoses, interrupt supply chain

Tackling the Illicit Drug Landscape in Ohio

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – As part of the Governor’s commitment to reducing drug poisonings and overdoses, the Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center (ONIC) has issued its first Strategic Report.  The report outlines ONIC’s work to reduce drug use, drug manufacturing and trafficking, drug-related violent crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences. ONIC’s overall goal is to save lives and reduce drug poisonings by interrupting Ohio’s illicit dr…

Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center shares strategies for tackling illicit drug scene

COLUMBUS – As part of the Governor’s commitment to reducing drug poisonings and overdoses, the Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center (ONIC) has issued its first Strategic Report. The report outlines ONIC’s work to reduce drug use, drug manufacturing and trafficking, drug-related violent crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences. ONIC’s overall goal is to save lives and […] The post Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center shares strategies…

Report highlights efforts to stem drug overdoses, interrupt supply chain

They say 27,752 people in Ohio died from unintentional drug poisonings between 2017 and 2022.

US Drug Overdose Deaths Declined in 2023

Although the drug overdose death rate in the US remains higher than in any other country, the rate decreased by 4% from 2022 to 2023, according to National Vital Statistics System data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.