Combatting Ohio's Opioid Crisis

Kristen Rost with the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance (OOEA) joins Allison for this week’s podcast. We discuss what the OOEA is and the work it does in Ohio. We discuss Ohio’s opioid crisis, how it started, how COVID impacted it and where it stands today. We discuss the role mental health plays in substance/opioid abuse and how we can educate our community. We then discuss the new campaign, End the Stigma, that just launched. We wrap up discussing how REALTORS can play a role in combatting Ohio’s Opioid Crisis

Show Notes

Some of the highlights of the show include:

• What the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance is
• The history of Ohio’s opioid crisis and the state of it now
• The impact that COVID had on opioid use
• Stigmas surrounding mental health, substance abuse and opioid use
• Denial Ohio campaign and the results of that
• The new End The Stigma Campaign and what stigmas surround substance abuse, opioid abuse and mental health
• The role that REALTORS can play in combatting opioid use

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