(Associated Press) - Treatment providers aren't sure where they will find money to combat an epidemic of prescription painkiller addictions and overdoses as budget cuts lead to slashed services.

Accidental drug overdoses now kill more people in Ohio than
motor vehicle crashes.

Orman Hall, executive director of the Fairfield County Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Board, says the nature of the problem and the need for money to combat it are unprecedented.

The Recovery Center in Lancaster and the Marion Area Counseling
Center also are trying to cope with budget constraints while waiting lists grow of people seeking help.

A Newspaper Network of Central Ohio series on Ohio's accidental
overdose problem found that some counties reported startling increases in overdoses through the first nine months of 2009.