Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
The Opioid Crisis: For People Who Don't Understand, She's 'Just Another Statistic'
When Kathleen Errico of Haverhill found her 23-year-old daughter dead of a heroin overdose on April 2 — slumped over in bed, lips white, television turned on at 3:45 a.m. — a devastating, years-long struggle had ended. The demons of opioid addiction finally took the life of Kelsey Endicott, the mother of a toddler who would soon turn 2. But Errico’s heart-rending discovery in the still of night also marked a remarkable beginning. (MacQuarrier and Farragher, 4/14)
In other news, a poll shows that 3 out of 10 people in Ohio know someone who is abusing prescription drugs —
About three in 10 Ohio adults now know someone who abuses prescription pain relievers, and of these, 40 percent know someone who has overdosed on these medications, according to a new Ohio Health Issues Poll released today. (Zeltner, 4/14)
