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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
Behavioral Health Business: ‘I Don’t Want to Say It’s Easier’: Despite Dire Need, Behavioral Health Operators Continue to Face Pushback on New Constructions
Hazard Herald: CAREER Act of 2023 to continue programs for areas struggling with substance abuse
London Sentinel Echo: Opioid commission leader suggests it use at least $42 million to get exotic psychedelic drug approved to treat opioid-use disorder
Spectrum News: ‘It’s the best thing that we can do:’ Meet the Kentucky woman training others to reverse overdoses
Northern Kentucky Tribune: Here’s an overview of the new legislation taking effect in the Commonwealth beginning Thursday
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer: Fentanyl overdoses decreasing in county
Governing: A Key Intervention in the Opioid Crisis: Data Sharing
WHOP: Local state legislators discuss numerous topics at Town Hall
WDKY: How animal sedative adding new pain to opioid drug crisis
WDRB: Norton Healthcare releases renderings of planned west Louisville hospital
WBKO: Nearly $2.4 billion going to fight drug abuse in Kentucky
WIKI: $2,375,000 federal funds to 19 Ky. community programs to combat drug abuse
KFVS: Mitch McConnell helps secure nearly $2.4M to fight drug abuse in Kentucky
Public Policy & Legislation Federal Legislation
H.R. 238 – Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2023H.R.1359 – Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access ActH.R. 3355 – Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program Reauthorization Act of 2023H.R.3333 – FEND Off Fentanyl ActS.1235 – Bruce’s LawS.606 – Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids ActS.1532 – Alan T. Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention Act
STAT News: ‘We fail people’: New data on disparities in Medicaid access to opioid addiction treatment
New York Times: They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.
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