drug overdose

Most adolescent overdose deaths happen in the home, often when family and friends are present.

The Fort Wayne Police Department largely attributes this decrease to the Hope and Recovery Program, which prioritizes treatment over jail time.

The $5.4 million grant comes from the National Institutes of Health’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term – or HEAL – Data2Action Initiative. Over the course of five years, it allows researchers to work with overdose fatality review teams in 19 Indiana counties to measure harm reduction efforts.

The state will receive $21 million over the next three years to prevent drug overdose deaths.The money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…