For the “Ideas For Our Future” conference, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office produced videos that focus on how to help young victims of the opioid epidemic. To see the videos, visit
www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Media/Videos.
While the opioid epidemic in Ohio has been devastating, it has brought people together to be creative, passionate, and powerful in the fight against it. There is real help and real hope happening every single day, particularly for kids, who are innocent victims in this drug crisis. They are traumatized when they don’t have food or running water because their parents’ addiction has robbed them of their basic needs. And they are traumatized when they see their parents using drugs, overdosing, and dying.
One person can make a difference in the opioid epidemic. Dan Palmer is just one example of that. He took an idea to help children — the victims in this opioid crisis — into action. In southern Ohio, his project is making a real difference for kids in Scioto County.
Far too often, the opioid epidemic tears families apart, but a new pilot program through the Ohio Attorney General’s Office is all about keeping families together. It’s called Ohio START (Sobriety, Treatment, and Reducing Trauma) and early results are promising.
At 12, she started her addiction path, and at 19, she found heroin. In March of 2018, Brittany celebrated 13 months of sobriety. She’s now on a mission to get her kids back.