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Ohio Opioid Education Alliance

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Ohio has one of the highest opioid death rates in the nation. But now, Ohio REALTORS are joining the fight against the crisis.

Community Covenings
After joining the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance, an organization of more than 50 businesses and industry groups, Ohio REALTORS took a leading role. By leveraging our vast, statewide network and relationships with local elected officials, we have opened the doors for “Community Convenings” in several cities and have been highlighted as a premier member of the Alliance.

These Community Convenings bring together local leaders, police & fire, business groups, and politicians to communicate best practices, identify areas of improvement, and distribute materials for groups to share.

The core message of the Alliance is “Don’t Live in Denial, OH.” The campaign--which can be seen online, TV, and radio--urges the public of the fictional town, Denial OH, to not live in denial about the dangers of opioid abuse.

Community Convenings have been held in Dayton and Chillicothe with several more cities currently in the planning phase.

To take things a step further, Ohio REALTORS and the Scioto Valley Association of REALTORS have worked with local ADAMH boards to secure drug disposal bags to give to clients selling their homes. Unfortunately, there are people who pose as prospective buyers with the sole purpose of entering into someone’s home to steal pills. Many people hold on to pills for longer than medically necessary, inadvertently keeping them in circulation for potential illicit use. In a recent study, nearly half of people who abuse opioids disclosed that they had taken the pills from someone else’s medicine cabinet. By distributing drug bags to clients before an open house, Ohio REALTORS are helping to destroy these pills before they can be stolen and abused.

For more information on the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance, please visit https://dontliveindenial.org/

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