7:50am – Nearly 19 million Americans used prescription drugs, such as pain relievers, tranquilizers and stimulants, non-medically in the past year and 64,000 lives a year are lost to the opioid epidemic. This morning Pharmacist Joe Adams spoke about losing his son to addiction along with Jeanne Waggener from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. 8:47
8:10am – Janine Trottier and Erin Murphy of Lorain County Public Health spoke about the upcoming Emergency Preparedness Exercise being held at Lorain County Communiyt College on July 12. 11:24
8:40am – the Red Cross is launching the Missing Types Campaign to illustrated the need for new blood donors to ensure lifesaving blood is available for patients, spokesman Chris Hrouda tells us more about the campaign. 9:29