A state-funded addiction treatment center has opened as part of ongoing efforts to battle the region's prescription painkiller and heroin epidemic. The Health Recovery Services Southern Ohio Treatment Center in Jackson offers patients counseling and medication aimed at controlling addictions. Funding for the center includes $500,000 from the Governor's Office of Appalachia and $200,000 in federal substance abuse dollars provided by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. The center will also be funded through private insurance, Medicaid and payments from patients. Fatal drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in Ohio, with many of those deaths attributed to prescription painkillers and increasingly heroin.
Mike Foley joined WCBE in February 2000, coming from WUFT in Gainesville, Florida. Foley has worked in various roles, from producing news and feature stories to engineering Live From Studio A sessions. A series of music features Foley started in 2018 called Music Journeys has grown into a podcast and radio show. He also assists in developing other programs in WCBE's Podcast Experience. Foley hosts The Morning Mix, a weekday music show featuring emerging and established musicians, our Columbus-area and Ohio-based talent, and additional artists that inspire him.