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County leaders, first responders warn Senate that cutting overdose response funding risks reversing declines in deaths

3310921 · May 14, 2025
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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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