We have a very high addiction rates in addition to the death rates. A lot of young people are addicted. Our treatment facilities are overwhelmed. The court systems are overwhelmed. Since the late s, an epidemic of prescription drug abuse has swept the town and surrounding areas. For a number of years, the most prevalent drug was oxycodone , a synthetic opiate known colloquially as oxys and hillbilly heroin , because of the drug's association with Appalachian areas of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
In the DEA and state and local law enforcement agencies worked to crack down on the problem, with the DEA serving Immediate Suspension Orders suspension of their license to practice medicine on four local doctors and a pharmacy in Scioto County.
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In a press release, the DEA said that one of the targets, Dr. Temponeras, was one of the largest dispensers of controlled substances in the US, while two others, Dr. Fantazuzzi and Dr. Dawes, had prescribed hundreds of thousands of opiates over a two-year period. The support group SOLACE formed in Portsmouth in to tackle this problem, helping to raise public awareness of the issue and lobbying the state house for legislation.
Terry Johnson , and signed into law by Governor Kasich, cracking down on pill mills by regulating of pain clinics and the ability of prescribers to personally furnish controlled substances. Despite all these efforts, by the ten areas with the highest rates of fatal overdoses in the nation were located in a near-contiguous stretch from St. Louis , through one county in Kentucky, five counties in Ohio, two counties in West Virginia, and reaching to Baltimore.
Many historical buildings in Portsmouth have been demolished because of poor upkeep, other city development, or the completion of new buildings that replaced the landmarks. Many buildings survive from the early 19th century. Old churches are among the reminders of Portsmouth's past and identity.
In , students from Miami University conducted research on several of Portsmouth's most important historic buildings. It has branch libraries throughout Scioto County. The Southern Ohio Museum, founded in , has more than sixty exhibits on display including artwork by Clarence Holbrook Carter and Jesse Stuart , China dolls, Native American artifacts, and works by local artists. The Indian Head Rock is an eight-ton sandstone boulder which until rested at the bottom of the Ohio River.
Historically, the boulder was used to record low river stages. It is notable due to its history and due to the figures and names of individuals which were carved into the rock at times of low water levels.
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In , the construction of a dam downriver from Portsmouth meant that the rock would forever be submerged, if not for its recovery by a group of local divers led by an Ironton historian. The removal of the rock led the states of Kentucky and Ohio into a legislative battle to determine its ownership and disposition.
Portsmouth has fourteen parks for residents and community use. This active cemetery was established in Greenlawn is 40 acres in size and is the only public cemetery in the city of Portsmouth. This cemetery incorporates several smaller cemeteries, which are sections of Greenlawn Cemetery. The cemetery is located at Offnere Street and Grant Street. It is maintained by the City of Portsmouth.
Although developed on higher ground, the city has been subject to seasonal flooding. The city had extensive flooding in , , and After the flood of , the U. Army Corps of Engineers constructed a floodwall protecting the city, which prevented two major floods in and In , the city of Portsmouth began honoring some of the many accomplishments of its area natives by placing a star on the riverside of the floodwall. In a nonprofit group headed by Dr. Louis R. Chaboudy was formed to investigate developing a mural -based tourist attraction on the floodwall.
In the spring of , mural artist Robert Dafford was commissioned and began painting murals of Portsmouth's history. He hired local art student Herb Roe as an assistant.
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Roe subsequently apprenticed to and worked for Dafford for 15 years. The original mural project was finished in the fall of Since then several additional panels have been added, including murals honoring Portsmouth's baseball heroes in ; and the Tour of the Scioto River Valley TOSRV , a bicycle tour between Columbus and Portsmouth in Portsmouth had a series of semi-pro football teams in the s and s, the most notable being the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels, whose roster included player-coach Jim Thorpe. From to , the city was home to the Portsmouth Spartans , which joined the National Football League in The Spartans competed in the first professional football night game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in This forced the team to be sold and moved to Detroit in , where it became the Detroit Lions.
In the late 20th century, the Portsmouth Explorers were one of the original teams in the Frontier League , a non-affiliated minor league baseball organization. The Explorers played in the league's first three seasons, from to In , Portsmouth was also the home of the Portsmouth Red Birds , a minor league team owned by the St. Louis Cardinals. In the late s Portsmouth was home to the Superstar Wrestling Federation before its demise. Portsmouth is near the dividing line for several television markets, including Columbus , Cincinnati , and Huntington - Charleston.
Portsmouth is also served by three newspapers. The Portsmouth Daily Times is the city's only daily newspaper and is also available online.
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