Drug-soaked paper, known as K2 or tune, has become the most commonly found illicit substance in Ohio prisons. And it leads to violence and death. That’s one of the key findings of a special ...

How are drugs getting into Ohio's prisons — and what can be done about it?

AOL: Meet the dad who flooded Ohio prisons with drugs using drones

MSN: How a former Ohio corrections officer became a prison drug smuggler

Corrections officer Barbara Devine grew nervous at the sight of the K-9 unit as she walked through security at Chillicothe Correctional Institution. The dog was sniffing everyone entering the prison ...

Ohio is the 34th-largest state by area, at 44,825 sq mi (116,100 km 2), and the seventh-most populous state, with a population of nearly 11.9 million. Its capital and most populous city is Columbus, with other major metropolitan cities including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, and Toledo.

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Where is Ohio? The State of Ohio is located on the northeastern corner of the Midwest region of the United States. Due to its strategic location, Ohio is also known as the "Gateway to the Midwest".

The first state to be carved from the Northwest Territory, Ohio became the 17th member of the union on . In many respects, Ohio has come to reflect the urbanized, industrialized, and ethnically mixed United States that developed from an earlier agrarian period.