10 Ohio counties to participate in national opioid study

Ohio communities will be part of a $350 million federal study analyzing drug intervention techniques and policies. (Source: “Ohio Counties to Be Part of $350M Ohio counties to be part of $350M federal opioid study,” Associated Press, Nov. 9, 2019)

About $66 million will be channeled for the National Institutes of Health’s HEALing Communities Study through Ohio State University to Ashtabula, Athens, Cuyahoga, Darke, Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Lucas, Morrow and Scioto counties.

Research sites will test community engagement strategies and several proven opioid prevention and treatment practices.

Nine Ohio counties — Allen, Brown, Franklin, Huron, Jefferson, Ross, Stark, Williams and Wyandot — will be part of the study’s second wave. The study will also look at communities in Kentucky, New York and Massachusetts.