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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
Lexington Times: Kentucky has 84 syringe-service programs in 65 counties; the pandemic slowed their growth, but two have opened this year
Kentucky Health News: DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanyl
Bloomberg Law: After the addiction, opioids users struggle to get back to work
Kentucky Lantern: More than half of Kentucky’s counties now have harm reduction programs for IV drug users
Levisa Lazer: State Corrections Group Tours Karen’s Place And New Bellefonte Center
WYMT: Schedule now to have UNITE’s “On The Move!” prevention program come to your school this fall.
Lexington Herald-Leader: Forget methadone and psychedelics. There is a better weapon in the war on drugs.
Kentucky New Era: Local support group helping those with addiction
Ashland Daily Independent: ARC to celebrate recovery at alumni gathering
Lexington Times: Fentanyl test strips now legal in KY: backers say they’ll save lives
Owensboro Times: OPD, DCSO: Fentanyl overdoses down halfway through 2023
WDKY: Georgetown to host Casey Law training event to fight against substance use
WYMT: ‘A second chance’: Kentucky lawmakers expand expungement options
WEVV: Henderson Police Department planning latest free Narcan giveaway
WOWK: Kentucky is #1 for adult access to mental health care
WDRB: Anthem adds in-home substance use treatment program services for members
Public Policy & LegislationFederal 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.
Health Affairs: State Funding For Substance Use Disorder Treatment Declined In The Wake Of Medicaid Expansion
Upcoming Events
Camp UNITE 2023 – July 11-14, 2022 – University of Pikeville
Rx and Illicit Drug Summit – April 1-4, 2024 – Atlanta, Georgia
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