Russian drug krokodil not verified in US, despite Ohio report
“Heroin abuse is a dirty business,” Spiller said. It's also a thriving business in Ohio. “There is an absolute epidemic of heroin out there,” he said. The detox unit at Maryhaven, a Columbus drug- and alcohol-addiction treatment center, ran at 113 …
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Ohio initiative unites physical, mental care
In 2008, he found his way to the Thomas M. Wernert Center, a mental health recovery and support center in Toledo, which provides education classes that help people learn to live with mental illness. He now attends a weekly program dedicated to …
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NEW FACILITY OFFERS HOPE FOR PARKINSON'S PATIENTS
Dr. Lawrence Elmer hugs Jo Stockstiel of Holland during the open house of the Gardner-McMaster Parkinson Center at the University of Toledo's Health Science Campus. The advanced clinical treatment facility aims to be one of the nation's leading …
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EPA agrees to settle violations at water treatment plants in Venango, Indiana …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to settle water pollution violations at three treatment plants in Indiana and Venango counties that discharged wastewater from Marcellus Shale gas drilling into the Allegheny River watershed.
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