U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown calls opioid epidemic a public health crisis during a City Club forum he headlined in Cleveland, a forum that comes on the heels of congress passing the INTERDICT ACT, a bill Brown co-sponsored that President Trump signed into law in January of 2018....Brown is a Cleveland Democrat....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
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| U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS. By editor Kathy Wray Coleman |
CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, headlined a forum at the City Club in downtown Cleveland on the hereon and opioid addiction crisis on Monday.
The theme of the event was "Working Together to Win the Fight Against Addition: What History Teaches Us About How to Serve the Opioid Crisis"
Brown called the opioid epidemic "a public emergency".
And he called for a comprehensive public heath campaign to combat opioid addiction.
In January, President Trump signed the INTERDICT ACT into law.
The U.S. congress unanimously passed the bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Brown, legislation that allocates $15 million for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to buy and use portable screening equipment to detect fentanyl before it enters the United States.
Fetenyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. It is a schedule II prescription drug and is often used to cut heroin.Brown called the opioid epidemic "a public emergency".
And he called for a comprehensive public heath campaign to combat opioid addiction.
In January, President Trump signed the INTERDICT ACT into law.
The U.S. congress unanimously passed the bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Brown, legislation that allocates $15 million for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to buy and use portable screening equipment to detect fentanyl before it enters the United States.
The federal legislation allocates funds for additional drug screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities for customs and border patrol agents, additional chemical screening devices and monies for resources for support staff to analyze data at its laboratories.
Ohio is among one of the hardest hit states relative to the opioid epidemic.
Between 2015 and 2016, overdose deaths rose by 33 percent in Ohio, with 4,000 deaths in 2016 alone.
In 2016, Cuyahoga County tracked 666 deaths from drug overdoses, according to the county medical examiner's office.
Opioid deaths, including deaths from fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkillers, continue to increase in the U.S. with six of 10 overdoses nationally due to opioids, research reveals.
Opioid deaths, including deaths from fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkillers, continue to increase in the U.S. with six of 10 overdoses nationally due to opioids, research reveals.
The Centers for Disease Control reported that in 2016 some 64,070 people died nationwide from drug overdoses, a jump of 21 percent from 2015.
Between 2016 and mid 2017 Ohio's drug overdose deaths rose 39 percent — the third-largest increase among the states .
Between 2016 and mid 2017 Ohio's drug overdose deaths rose 39 percent — the third-largest increase among the states .
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.
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