Noble County CARES, the county’s volunteer drug coalition, continues to move forward to address issues associated with the opiate problem in Noble County.

Members of the Noble County CARES Coalition are committed to advancing recovery to achieve health and wellness.

Ohio leads the nation in opioid overdose deaths and  the number of fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths throughout Ohio continues to increase each year – from 84 in 2013, to 503 in 2014, to 1,155 in 2015

An average of eight people die as a result of a drug overdose each day in Ohio – one death every three hours; and opiate prescription rates have decreased, but heroin, fentanyl and carfentanyl continue to be more and more accessible.