House budget pumps $170M into solving Ohio's opiate epidemic

A plan unveiled Tuesday by majority House Republicans includes funding for a smartphone app, a 24-hour hotline and other inventive ways to tackle Ohio's opioid crisis.Speaker Clifford Rosenberger and Finance Chairman Ryan Smith said their version of Ohio's two-year operating budget adds over $170 million to address the scourge driven by prescription painkillers and heroin.House revisions include 1.5-percent across-the-board cuts to most programs, while protecting certain priority areas, includin