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Local officials and first responders urge Senate to restore naloxone and overdose prevention funding in HB 96
Summary
County commissioners, first responders and public‑health coalitions told the Senate that cuts to overdose strategy funding would undermine naloxone distribution programs that have reduced overdose deaths and saved lives in Ohio.
Hamilton and Clermont County leaders, police chiefs and other emergency‑response officials told the Senate Health Committee that naloxone distribution and overdose prevention funding in the governor’s budget have saved lives and should be restored where the House reduced them.
Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus and Clermont County Commissioner David Painter described naloxone as a critical “first…
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