Levisa Lazer: Addiction Recovery Care emphasizes comprehensive, client-centered treatment approach to treat fentanyl addiction
WKYT: Rural agencies, orgs adjust to keep up with power, potency of fentanyl
WYMT: ‘We’re saving generations‘: Operation UNITE prepares AmeriCorp members for year ahead
WTVQ: Families raise awareness of fentanyl poisoning through Capitol rally
WKYT: Softball game helps ‘Survivor Squad’ and law enforcement battle addiction together
WDKY: ‘Locks for Addiction’ continues the fight against drugs
Interior Journal: Local leaders to host Volunteers of America town hall
Marshall County Tribune: Treating substance abuse and mental health disorders
Spectrum News:Man serving at addiction center that helped get his family back
Man serving at addiction center that helped get his family baFox News: As fentanyl claims yet another young American life, Kentucky father shares his story
USA Today: Fentanyl overdoses are rising: A visual guide to using narcan
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 Services Block Grant Act of 2022
- S.4301 – Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act
NPR: Addiction experts call for more funding, compassion to fight opioid epidemic
Fierce Healthcare: Addiction medicine experts push back against AHCA’s Medicaid cuts at first opioid commission meeting
Roanoke Times: The national opioid crisis needs national solutions
Upcoming Events
2022 NARR Best Practices Summit – October 24-26, 2022 – Richmond, VA
Michael E. Townsend Leadership Academy – Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, 2022 – Natural Bridge State Park