Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
Spectrum News: Bluegrass Community Technical College student creates a second chance for students in recovery
ABC News: Overdose deaths cost US $1 trillion annually, bipartisan report finds
Lexington Herald-Leader: What is Lexington’s community paramedicine program and how does it work?
WDRB: New addiction treatment center opens in Louisville
Lexington Herald-Leader: OPINION: When it comes to addiction, meet people where they are but don’t leave them there
Louisville Courier-Journal: ‘It’s just never ending’: Louisville’s soaring deaths threaten to overwhelm coroners
WTVQ: Free fentanyl test strips available for Kentuckians
Lexington Herald-Leader: Overdoses are skyrocketing. This Lexington team is now fighting them door to door.
Lexington Herald-Leader: Interactive graphics: See the rise in overdoses in Lexington during pandemic
Dawson Springs Progress: Brochure to help with substance use disorder coming soon
Public Policy & Legislation
Congress.gov: S.2796 – Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
Congress.gov: H.R.2379 – State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021
Legislature.ky.gov: House Bill 215 (Increasing the penalty for importing or trafficking carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives)
Legislature.ky.gov: House Bill 127 – Tim’s Law (expanding outpatient treatment program for Kentuckians with severe mental illness)
WFPL: Ky. House advances bill banning death penalty for people with mental illness
The Hill: CDC proposes opioid prescribing guidelines that give doctors more flexibility
Kentucky Today: Opioid fight needs new strategy, Cabinet leadership: report
WTVQ: Measure advances to expand mental health coverage for mothers on Medicaid
USA Today: What’s inside a safe smoking kit? Behind Biden’s $30 million substance abuse grant
Senate.gov: Murray, Burr Announce Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs