February 2016 Monthly Review

Ohio Attorney General Monthly Review

Kroger Announces Pharmacies to Dispense Naloxone without a Prescription

Attorney General Mike DeWine and Senator Rob Portman joined Kroger representatives to announce that Kroger will make the opioid overdose reversal medicine Naloxone available without a prescription at its 84 pharmacies in Ohio and 16 pharmacies in Northern Kentucky beginning Monday, Feb. 15.

January 2016 Monthly Review

Ohio Attorney General Monthly Review

CVS Health and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announces naloxone available without prescription

CVS Health announced on February 1, 2016 that it would make the opioid overdose reversal medicine naloxone available without a prescription at all CVS Pharmacy locations across Ohio beginning in late March 2016. White House National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp joined CVS Health in making the announcement at a press conference in Toledo for the announcement.

Marin's Story: The Battle Against Heroin

Heroin affects one person, one family, one community at a time. This is Marin's story. Her parents told Marin's story publicly for the first time when Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the formation of a new Heroin Unit in his office. It's one they never wanted to have to tell.

Ideas That Work: BCI Training

Video from the January 21, 2016 "Idead That Work - Fighting the Drug Epidemic in Ohio" emergency meeting.

Ideas That Work: Outreach

Video from the January 21, 2016 "Ideas that Work - Fighting the Drug Epidemic in Ohio" emergency meeting.