Can Drug Companies Be Held Accountable For The Opioid Crisis? By: WiredPRNews.com RSS Feed June 16, 2017 at 11:36 AM EDT News Source: WiredPRNews.comNew Jersey, 06/16/2017 /SubmitPressRelease123/ In Ohio, the number of opioid-related deaths surged from 296 in 2003 to 2,590 in 2015. That is a jump of 775 percent over 13 years. News Source: http://www.WiredPRNews.com