{"id":452677,"date":"2026-02-06T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452677\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:10:07","slug":"ashland-county-sheriff-warns-community-about-benadryl-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/452677\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashland County Sheriff warns community about Benadryl safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ASHLAND \u2014 The Ashland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has put out a safety bulletin to address recent incidents that involved minors purchasing and using over-the-counter medication, Benadryl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a press release, the Ashland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has been investigating several incidents where minors have purchased the medication and ingested more than the recommended dosage, resulting in medical emergencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-daily-record.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2026\/02\/04\/super-bowl-2026-watch-parties-for-wayne-holmes-and-ashland\/88476521007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Where to watch Super Bowl 2026 in Wooster, Holmes and Ashland counties;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Where to watch Super Bowl 2026 in Wooster, Holmes and Ashland counties<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The press release said that during the investigation, it was indicated that minors might have been providing Benadryl to friends, who had also ingested more than the recommended dosage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though the purchase of Benadryl by minors is not illegal in Ohio, the sheriff&#8217;s office said it is concerned that minors may be using the medication for &#8220;recreational satisfaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m asking local businesses, schools, and the general public to be vigilant in identifying any activity harmful to our children,&#8221; Sheriff Kurt Schneider said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Schneider has asked local businesses that sell over-the-counter medication, such as Benadryl, to review their policies and practices about the sale of over-the-counter medication to minors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone who has information about similar incidents may contact Detective Aaron Crites at 491-289-3911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.times-gazette.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/02\/06\/ashland-county-sheriff-warns-community-of-use-of-benadryl-with-minors\/88526611007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ashland County Sheriff warns community of use of Benadryl with minors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ashland County Sheriff warns community of use of Benadryl with minors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHLAND \u2014 The Ashland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has put out a safety bulletin to address recent incidents that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[41885,97,212061,243,212062,212060],"class_list":{"0":"post-452677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-benadryl","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-kurt-schneider","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-recommended-dosage","13":"tag-safety-bulletin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}