Drug Overdose in Montgomery County, Ohio: The Scope of the Problem


 

Drug Overdose in Montgomery County, Ohio: The Scope of the Problem – This video is part of an educational series on Prescription Drug Disorders produced by the Center for Interventions, Treatment & Addictions Research (CITAR) at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. The series was produced to meet an educational objective under a contract from Public Health — Dayton and Montgomery County (PHDMC). This project was funded, in part, by the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administered by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). The contents of the series are solely the responsibility of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC, ODH, PHDMC or Wright State University. The series was created and developed by Russel Falck, MA, associate professor of community health and PI of the project. Robert Carlson, Ph.D., professor of community health, is co-PI of the project and CITAR director. Raminta Daniulaityte, Ph.D., is research assistant professor of community health and a co-investigator on the project. Tim Lane, M.Ed., is the project’s injury prevention coordinator. Videotaping and editing was provided by Wright State’s Computing and Telecommunications Services. For more information, visit: www.med.wright.edu

 

Genetic knowledge helps tailor treatment

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“We often tell everybody to do the exact same thing (treatment-wise), but the truth is, there's variation” in how patients respond, said Dr. Kandamurugu Manickam, a medical genetics expert at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. Some examples …
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.27 Million Awarded to Help Communities Break the Cycle of Drugs Alcohol

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Lucas County, Ohio will receive $ 1.32 million; Forsyth County, N.C. will receive $ 1.23 million; and Duval County, Fla. will receive $ 1.32 million in funding over the next four years to improve and enhance their juvenile drug courts by integrating the …
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