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Medicine’s Ryan Marino calls for expanded addiction treatment for incarcerated people

Media | October 01, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Overdose deaths surge in Ohio prisons as the system struggles with recovery resources

WKYC: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the CWRU School of Medicine, said incarcerated people face a substantially higher risk of drug use and overdose. He called for expanded addiction treatment. “What if you were the person who ended up in the cage?” he said.

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