Ohio launches dashboard to direct opioid abuse treatments

(The Center Square) – Ohio wants to better track drug overdoses and substance-abuse issues to try to help communities better assess needs and develop plans to deal with opioid concerns.

Through the National Institute of Health and Ohio State University’s HEALing Communities Study, the state has launched new data dashboards it hopes will better track and report data on overdose deaths and other drug-related issues in all 88 Ohio counties.