Falling overdose death rates seen in Greater Cincinnati now showing up across the country
Fatal drug overdose cases down in Hamilton County more than 30% since peak of opioid crisis in 2017
Fatal drug overdose cases down in Hamilton County more than 30% since peak of opioid crisis in 2017
Fatal drug overdose cases down in Hamilton County more than 30% since peak of opioid crisis in 2017
In Cincinnati's Lower Price Hill neighborhood, there are drug recovery housing units marked by the name of an organization Tyler Schmidt founded after he overcame addiction.
"I've been there. I've almost lost my life several times," said Schmidt, executive director of the Living In Testimony Movement, or LIT for short. "Once you've, you know, been there, you have compassion for those struggling with the same things. And so a lot of my friends, my inner circle, is guys like me 바카라 게임 웹사이트 guys who've been pulled back from the slaughter and have a second chance."
Now, and drug monitoring organizations indicate a lot more people who use drugs like heroin and even fentanyl are getting those second chances.
"We're seeing a trend down in overdose and poisoning deaths, which is great," said Russell Kramer, an assistant special agent in charge with the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Nationally, overdose deaths are down approximately 10 percent this year. The group
Kramer, who's based in the DEA's Cincinnati office, said the availability of overdose reversal medicines like Narcan and naloxone is making a difference.
"You're seeing it in vending machines around high drug trafficking areas," Kramer said. "It's given out free at a lot of clinics and stuff in the city."
"There's a lot more support out there," Schmidt said. "When folks come together and share what they're doing that's working, you know, everybody benefits from that."
The recovery houses Schmidt and his team operate are almost at full capacity, which is a first. Schmidt said that fact supports the notion that more people who've struggled with addiction are looking for that second chance.