Brendan Mudd, 24-year-old industrial designer and 2019 Carmel High graduate has created Nove, a key chain case designed to carry a life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone.
Read MoreThe incidence of drug overdose is decreasing in Indiana and one reason could be the efforts of an organization offering free training to anyone willing to help someone struggling with addiction.
Read MoreMost local governments haven’t started spending their opioid settlement dollars, according to a state report presented on Thursday, Nov. 14.
Read MoreOverdose Lifeline is seeking volunteers with lived experience for the Peer Grief Helpers program, to support families after losing a loved one to substance use.
Read MoreHealth First Kosciusko celebrates successes and focuses on more community health initiatives coming soon.
Read MoreIndiana University School of Nursing researchers will use a $1 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to begin a six-year study that seeks to transform the delivery of methadone, a key treatment for opioid use disorder that is known to reduce overdose deaths.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Health has released an alert about an imminent threat of the drug Bromazolam.Â
Read More2022 isn’t over yet, but it’s already broken the record for most overdose deaths in a year.
Read MoreNews Release Indiana Recovery Month Symposium will be in Indianapolis for two days in September. The symposium, hosted by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, in partnership with Overdose Lifeline, Inc. will be at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Plainfield Indianapolis Airport on Sept. 26 and 27. … Read More
MILFORD — Lutheran EMS, Milford Police, Milford Fire Department, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and Syracuse Police responded to a report of an overdose Saturday morning, June 16. Emergency personnel were called to 213 S. Main St., at 10:19 a.m. The patient was transported to an area hospital.
Read MoreKOSCIUSKO— A woman was recently arrested after police were called to a residence in January regarding a drug overdose. Cassie Leigh Santamaria, 27, with addresses listed in both Warsaw and Winona Lake, is being charged with dealing in a narcotic drug, a level 5 felony; and possession … Read More
Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 7:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, 5500 block South Woodland Lane, Warsaw. Dustin Wayne Baldridge reported criminal mischief. 10:59 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, 2900 block West CR 150S, Warsaw. Police responded to an overdose. 9 a.m. Thursday, … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY —You always hear people say it doesn’t happen here. But the opioid epidemic, with overdoses and deaths, is happening here, just as it is nationally. And it is a concern of local health and public safety officials. Kosciusko County Coroner Tony Ciriello reported there have been … Read More
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — You may recall our reports from 2015 about the devastating HIV and Hepatitis C outbreak in Scott County.
Read MoreEAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO — An East Liverpool Police officer, while responding to a drug-involved call Friday night, accidentally touched Fentanyl and overdosed.
Read MoreST. JOSEPH COUNTY — A warning about a potent drug that’s making its way into our area. It’s called “Gray Death”.
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