Ohio University creates task force to tackle deadly opioid epidemic

ATHENS -- Ohio University has created a task force to tackle the state's deadly drug epidemic.The group will be made up of community members, university staff and health experts."Right now, many of our communities are hurting because of this epidemic, and Ohio University has a moral obligation to assist the communities we serve," said President M. Duane Nellis in a news release from the university. "By forming this task force, we can combat this epidemic in a concerted, coordinated manner and le