Mental Health and Recovery Board says recent CDC stats don't paint whole picture

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Mental Health and Recovery Board says recent CDC stats don't paint whole picture

New data from the CDC ranks Ohio as the second worse in the nation for opioid drug deaths, but officials here in the Valley say the picture isn't complete.  According to the CDC, 4,300 people died in Ohio in 2016 of a drug overdose; that's 39 per every 1,000 people in the state.  However, numbers from 2016 are the latest available from the organization.  The Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board tells 21 News that Ohio is are making progress.  Direct...

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