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County leaders, first responders warn Senate that cutting overdose response funding risks reversing declines in deaths
Summary
Hamilton and Clermont county officials, police chiefs and addiction coalitions urged restoration of governor's overdose-prevention funding and warned House cuts to naloxone distribution would harm lifesaving efforts.
County leaders, public-health officials and first responders told the Senate Health Committee that reductions in overdose-prevention funding in the House version of the budget would jeopardize progress in reducing overdose deaths.
What witnesses said: Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus and Clermont County leaders described heavy local naloxone distribution and linked those programs to declines…
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