Treatment, Recovery & Prevention
The Lane Report: Op-Ed: Kentucky nurses play critical role in addiction treatment & recovery
Louisville Courier-Journal: Poverty, substance use, social worker crisis continue to put Kentucky kids at risk
Axios: Over 1 million years of life lost to overdoses
WTVQ: BCTC students offer hope, inspiration to those impacted by addiction
Healio: Panel warns of further opioid devastation, urges new initiatives to curb epidemic
Washington Post: How a struggling socialite convinced the world alcoholism is a disease
Newsweek: New Alcohol Death Figures Show We Need Big, National Action | Opinion
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)
New York Times: Tribes Reach $590 Million Opioid Settlement With Johnson & Johnson
WDRB: Bill would fund Kentucky rollout of new 9-8-8 mental health and suicide hotline
WTVQ: Legislation would expand funding for psychiatric care in Eastern KY