Opioid Addiction Recovery in Steubenville Highlighted in Discussion Panel   

Steubenville Police Department will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Drug Take Back Day.

The department will have a prescription drop off site and will then be partnering with police departments of neighboring counties to arrange the implementation of additional drop off sites.

According to the DEA representatives, Ohio had 263 prescription collection sites during the last National Drug Take Back Day, which was held in October. These sites collected a total of 35,797 pounds of medications, the agency highlighted.

Author: Livia Areas-Holmblad

Livia Holmblad is an editor at Addiction Now and covers breaking news, features and everything in between. She moved to SoCal after living in NYC for about 10 years, where she worked for VICE and SinoVision as a writer, editor, host, producer, and director. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Contact Livia at liviah@addictionnow.com

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Opioid Addiction Recovery in Steubenville Highlighted in Discussion Panel  

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Local officials in Steubenville, Ohio recently met to discuss issues related to the drug abuse crisis in the area, focusing particularly on how the region needs to allocate more funding and resources for opioid addiction recovery services.

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Livia Areas-Holmblad

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