As Ohioans debate State Issue 1 — which would change Ohio’s Constitution and reduce some criminal drug penalties — overdoses in Summit County on Wednesday spiked.
Nine people went to hospital emergency rooms seeking help. Most were women. More than half were between 50 and 64 years old. And all live in eight ZIP codes reaching from Silver Lake and Cuyahoga Falls south through Akron and to the Portage Lakes, according to the latest reports by Summit County Public Health.
