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Welcome to Ohio CAN. We are the State Chapter of the non-profit national organization Change Addiction Now United We CAN.

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OhioCAN will be celebrating our 5 Year Birthday throughout the month of May. The people we have met, the communities we have touched and those we have met where they are and never forgotten. We thank YOU for the journey!! https://t.co/DdbbJ03Oj6

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Recovering from meth addiction is grueling, but many have shown it is possible. One Fargo family is proving this, staying sober after a long history of addiction. https://t.co/Z6sizvE3T3

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April Gomez, 49, reflects on her son’s life with an indescribable sadness in her voice. https://t.co/nVV31hnPCI

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Stevens said the bill would essentially decriminalize needle exchange programs allowing health departments to distribute hypodermic needles. The co-sponsor went on to say that this bill, and similar ones, have been filed in response to the opioid... https://t.co/J3xlgg2Znc

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In an effort to get a handle on the problem, more jails are adding some form of medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, to help inmates safely detox from opioids and stay clean behind bars and after release. https://t.co/dKrISiPv0B

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First, a brief clarification. Medication treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD, aka opioid addiction) include methadone, buprenorphine (commonly called Suboxone, a brand name), and injectable naltrexone (brand name Vivitrol). https://t.co/tLaUOhIn5B

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WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- It's a sign of the times in the Cloverleaf School District in Medina County as the school board is considering a plan to stock the heroin antidote Narcan at the district’s high school, middle school and elementary school. https://t.co/wE5P7OXZf4

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She hoped jail would help her addicted son. He died of an overdose after less than two months https://t.co/zUT6JdYPko

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Opioids: '60 Minutes' heads to China and follows trail to Akron https://t.co/sS0BfkQOc7

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The boys were pronounced dead. Both had accidentally overdosed on hydrocodone and alcohol. Someone at one of the graduation parties had passed around the prescription pills. https://t.co/do2VABUpVb

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U.S. health officials on Thursday said they will spend $350 million in four states to study ways to best deal with the nation's opioid crisis on the local level, with a goal of reducing opioid-related... https://t.co/FGacRqcOkr

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The survey found that 57% of Americans now say pharmaceutical companies should be held responsible for making the crisis worse. https://t.co/wcxUbzXNCy

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Eminem is 11 years sober.

On Saturday, the 46-year-old rapper took to Instagram to commemorate the achievement. “11 years – still not afraid,” he captioned a photo of himself holding his medallion. https://t.co/RF92bsXjCd

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Research shows that when a person who sells drugs is imprisoned, they are inevitably replaced by a new recruit or by additional work from remaining sellers, https://t.co/MF2N42lT5F

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I am now taking names of those who have lost the battle to substance abuse. The names will be read off during a memorial service right before the walk. Please inbox me the names or you can call me or text me at... https://t.co/WUURSSaSiF

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Northwest Ohio Racial Justice & Harm Reduction Summit: From Harm To Healing https://t.co/dT1WaIblgk

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Dr. Khaled Amr, 56, is accused of selling Oxycodone and staging a break-in at his Morse Road practice in an effort to get a payout of more than $1 million. https://t.co/HEqTrOpMKb

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Laurence Doud III, the company's former chief executive, and William Pietruszewski, the company’s former chief compliance officer, are individually charged with... https://t.co/Gjb7VvFhFB