Uncategorized, Weekly Roundup

Weekly Update for Dec. 13 – 17

Treatment, Recovery & Prevention

Corbin Times-Tribune: Operation UNITE using $15,000 to provide support for transitional housing

Ashland Daily Independent: A step closer: Addiction Recovery Care signs letter of intent; 250 jobs on horizon

Wall Street Journal: Fentanyl Invades More Illicit Pills, With Deadly Consequences

Axios: Tennessee prisons see overdoses surge

Becker’s Hospital Review: Fentanyl overdose deaths rising in the US, CDC report finds

Time Magazine: Fentanyl and COVID-19 May Have Made the Opioid Epidemic Even Deadlier

Northern Kentucky Tribune: NAMI Northern Kentucky reopens support groups to in-person attendees, adds additional programs

WYMT: How staff at one Eastern Kentucky homeless shelter is helping those impacted ahead of winter

The Center Square: Program to prevent opioid, substance abuse launching in three West Virginia schools

American Medical Association: How language makes a difference in treating substance-use disorder

Workforce

WTVQ: Eastern Kentucky workforce program receives $1.5 million federal grant

Public Policy & Legislation

Congress.gov: H.R.2379 – State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021

Pew Charitable Trusts: State Policy Changes Could Increase Access to Opioid Treatment via Telehealth