Lorain County, Ohio

Rural Response Network

Educating and Linking Rural Lorain County Residents to Reduce Stigma and Substance Use Disorders


Who We are

The Rural Response Network (RRN) is a consortium of individuals and organizations who serve and/or live, work and play in the communities of Oberlin and Wellington and surrounding rural townships.

The Mission is to reduce overdoses and overdose deaths and strengthen and expand the capacity of Oberlin, Wellington and surrounding rural townships to engage high-risk populations and provide substance use/opioid use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery support services.

Reduce Overdoses
Promote Rx Medication Safety
Increase Community Education about Substance Use Disorders
Decrease Stigma
Expand Access to Care
Strengthen Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Support Services

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To learn more or get involved

Why Overdose Prevention Matters

1 in 4

noncancer opioid users struggle with addiction

100,000

overdose deaths in the US were estimated to have occurred in 2021

90%

of addictions have been proven to originate during the teenage years