NILES — Although people are overdosing and dying by the thousands in communities across the nation, there are thousands of people out there in recovery who didn’t become a statistic. More than 550 people gathered Saturday at Eastwood Field for the 6th annual Alliance for Substance Abuse ...

WARREN — A mixture of cocaine and fentanyl is circulating in Trumbull County, according to the Trumbull County Combined Health District and the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board. There have been 29 confirmed overdose deaths in Trumbull County for 2018, according to a ...

WARREN — Prescribing pain medication to cover up chronic pain, rather than paying to treat the cause, is still the preferred method of operation for insurance companies — including Medicaid — according to a report compiled by the Ohio State Chiropractic Association Opioid Task Force. ...

WARREN — The Trumbull County coroner has ruled that 22 people died from accidental drug overdoses since Jan. 1, according to data released Friday from his office. The last death he ruled on was June 28. Most of the deceased had more than one drug in their system when they died, while ...

PORTAGE, Ind. — As she stared at a caricature portrait on her wall, of her and her husband, Dawn Anderson began to cry. It wasn’t all that long ago she was able to go on a Caribbean cruise, where that picture was drawn. Now Anderson, who uses a wheelchair because she has two amputated ...

WARREN — A Warren Municipal Court judge is asking city council to support his effort to make addiction-suppressing medications a part of a substance user’s probation by creating a new position in the court. The new hire would be the coordinator for the medical assistance treatment program ...