During an episode of Issues & Answers: The Mountain Edition, Tim Robinson, CEO and Founder of Addiction and Recovery Care (ARC) shared the current state of addiction in Kentucky. Robinson explained that multiple factors impact treatment and prevention such as employment, advocating for treatment and recovery at an early age,[Read More…]
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New program aims to help pregnant women address opioid- use disorder
UK HealthCare’s Perinatal Assistance and Treatment Home (PATHways) program helps pregnant women seek care for substance use disorders. The program aims to support women by helping them access treatment and resources during their pregnancy. Read more here.
People Advocating Recovery announces new CEO
People Advocating Recovery (PAR) announced that CEO Mike Barry is retiring after serving PAR for 15 years. Effective July 1 Tara Moseley Hyde will become the CEO. Read more here.
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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[Read More…]
The pandemic has put a spotlight on long-lasting treatments for addiction, mental health illness
The pandemic caused many patients who were receiving treatment for mental health issues or addiction to miss appointments or stop taking important medicines. Now, health care providers and patients have turned to long-lasting treatments due in part to their stabilizing capabilities and success at preventing relapses. Read more here.
Press Release: People Advocating Recovery Announces Retirement of CEO Mike Barry, New Leadership for the Organization
People Advocating Recovery Announces Retirement of CEO Mike Barry, New Leadership for the Organization Tara Moseley Hyde Named New CEO, Effective July 1, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People Advocating Recovery (PAR), a Kentucky nonprofit committed to mobilizing, organizing, training and rallying people in recovery and their allies, announced today the[Read More…]
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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention WYMT: ‘Every time someone uses, it could be their last time’: health and state officials share thoughts on National Fentanyl Awareness Day (wymt.com) Kentucky Today: First-ever Fentanyl Awareness Day observed as synthetic opioids dominate U.S. overdose deaths | News | kentuckytoday.com Hazard Hearld: Isaiah House holds[Read More…]
More than 107,000 Americans died of an overdose last year, setting new record
In 2021, the overdose death statistics in the United States translated to nearly one death every five minutes. This increase in overdose deaths began in the 1990s with opioid painkillers, followed by opioids like heroin and currently fentanyl, meth and cocaine have taken the lead. Substance use and overdose deaths[Read More…]
Press Release: Highlighting Fentanyl Awareness Day is crucial to youth overdose prevention
Highlighting Fentanyl Awareness Day is crucial to youth overdose prevention Alarming numbers continue to worsen as more Americans than ever grapple with addiction across Kentucky and the nation. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests overdose deaths jumped dramatically among teens age 14-18 in[Read More…]
End of COVID-19 emergency endangers substance use treatment
Throughout the pandemic, doctors utilized telehealth services to provide medication assisted treatment to individuals struggling with substance use disorder and reached many who may have never been able to access these services. With the public health emergency scheduled to end in July, physicians worry that the Drug Enforcement Agency will[Read More…]