Dec 29, 2020
PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPOSAL BAGS: The Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention, a project of the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board, has partnered with RALI Ohio and local organizations to offer free prescription drug disposal bags throughout Trumbull County.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017, Ohio had the second-highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the country. Opioids were the main driver of those deaths.
Bag locations include St. Joe’s at the Mall, Eastwood Mall, Niles; Hubbard Public Library; Kinsman Public Library; Vienna Police Department; Vienna Fire Department; Warren-Trumbull County Public Libraries in Warren, Howland, Cortland and Liberty; One Health Ohio locations in Newton Falls, Warren West, Lloyd McCoy Health Center and Kidz First Pediatrics; RISE Recovery locations in the Lloyd McCoy Health Center and at 3132 Belmont Ave.
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Staff illustration / R. Michael Semple
This is a sampling of obituaries from the Dec. 13 newspaper. Not all of the deaths were caused by COVID-19, but some medical experts say people are dying of other health issues because they are delaying treatment over virus concerns. Local mental health professionals say the pandemic has led to an increase in overdoses because people are more isolated and no one is around to administer Narcan.
To put COVID-19 into perspective, the number of Mahoning Valley residents who have died so far this year from the virus is about the same as the number dying each year here from stroke and diabetes combined.
Staff illustration / R. Mike Semple
This is a sampling of obituaries from the Dec. 13 newspaper. Not all of the deaths were caused by COVID-19, but some medical experts say people are dying of other health issues because they are delaying treatment over virus concerns. Local mental health professionals say the pandemic has led to an increase in overdoses because people are more isolated and no one is around to administer Narcan.
To put COVID-19 into perspective, the number of Mahoning Valley residents who have died so far this year from the virus is about the same as the number dying each year here from stroke and diabetes combined.