Two candidates in Tuesday's Democratic primary debate supported decriminalizing opioids. A big portion of Ohio's prison population is there because of drugs, but sending fewer people to prison would require a big investment in treatment, WOSUnews reports.
"We need to decriminalize opioids for personal use. We need to let this country know this is not a personal failing, this was a systemic government failing,” entrepreneur and Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said. “Then we need to open up safe consumption and safe injection sites around the country because they save lives.
"Each week on Wednesday we do an orientation with our women," said Teri Bauldoff, the warden of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in an interview with WOSU earlier this year. The Marysville facility is the oldest and largest female prison in the state, and one of the largest female prisons in the country.
The Whitehall Fire Department has a program that is a partnership with rehabilitation centers where anyone can come to the station and ask for help with their addiction.
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