Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Roundup

Treatment, Recovery & Prevention

WYMT: https://www.wymt.com/2022/05/19/noah-thompsons-former-employer-praises-lawrence-county-native/

WSAZ: https://www.wsaz.com/2022/05/19/15-billion-funding-announced-help-combat-overdose-epidemic/

WYMT: https://www.wymt.com/2022/05/20/arc-founder-ceo-discusses-state-addiction-kentucky/

Northern Kentucky Tribune: https://www.nkytribune.com/2022/05/dea-says-fentanyl-an-addictive-synthetic-opioid-causes-unprecedented-overdose-deaths-teens-at-risk/

Kentucky Today: https://www.kentuckytoday.com/baptist_life/elizabethtown-church-hosting-awareness-event-on-addiction-sunday/article_e9921f94-d237-11ec-bbf2-f70096fd3096.html

WAVE 3 News: https://www.wave3.com/2022/05/04/louisville-area-roundtable-takes-closer-look-drug-addiction/

Spectrum: https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/05/15/recovery-cafe-lexington-meets-people-where-they-re-at

The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemics-pressures-widen-embrace-of-long-lasting-drugs-for-addiction-mental-illness-11652698980

Axios: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-vitals-68ab4b98-d54c-4606-a812-98d4e60aa485.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2

Pew Trusts: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2022/05/11/to-improve-addiction-treatment-states-should-measure-more-than-deaths

Public Policy & Legislation

Federal Legislation

S.2796 – Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

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

H.R.4897 – Support Recovery from Addiction Act of 2021

H.R.7255 – Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act

H.R.7238 – Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act

H.R.7235 – Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

H.R.7235 – Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act of 2022

Upcoming Events

Oxford House Kentucky State Retreat – May 27-30, 2022 – Cumberland Falls State Resort

Kentucky Chamber Recovery in the Workplace Conference – June 21, 2022 – Lexington, KY

Stigma Summit 2022 – June 8, 2022 – Virtual

2022 NARR Best Practices Summit – October 24-26, 2022 – Richmond, VA