Prioritizing punishment over public health has hurt Kentucky communities. Nazish Dholakia | Senior Writer | Aug 09, 2023 Amanda Hall is an organizer and advocate based in Louisa, a town of about 2,700 people in eastern Kentucky. She moved into policy work after running a drug treatment and recovery center where[Read More…]
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Spending $400 million to build new jail doesn’t address addiction or mental health crisis
By Jim Wayne | Opinion Contributor The year was 1972. Denny Crum scouted the best talent for what would become a nationally honored men’s basketball program for the University of Louisville. Sitting with the Southern Indiana high school senior and his working class parents at their dining table, Coach Crum made the[Read More…]
KET panel applauded Kentucky’s 5% drop in overdose deaths in 2022, but cited new challenges and remaining difficulties
By Melissa Patrick | Kentucky Health News A panel of survivors, drug-recovery experts and providers lauded Kentucky’s 5 percent reduction in drug-overdose deaths between 2021 and 2022 on a Kentucky Educational Television program, “Disrupting Addiction: A KET Forum,” but said there is still more work to do. Host[Read More…]
New study shows drug manufacturers actually increased opioid marketing after Kentucky’s Purdue pharma lawsuit
by Strategic Management Society Kentucky’s 2007 lawsuit against Purdue Pharma marked a major turn in the opioid crisis. It was the first time a member of the Sackler family, who owned Purdue, was deposed about the company’s role in the opioid epidemic. Because the judge unsealed the court documents, public[Read More…]
VOCAL-KY urges Louisville Metro government to act on their plan to reduce drug overdoses
Louisville Public Media By Morgan Watkins Published August 1, 2023 | 3:15 PM EDT A year after VOCAL-KY unveiled its roadmap for Louisville Metro Government to end drug overdoses, the grassroots group called on local officials to take more action. State data show over 500 people in Jefferson County died annually from a drug overdose[Read More…]
Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana among top 10 states with most drug overdose deaths
By WKRC | Sun, July 30th 2023 | 10:41 PM EDT CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana are getting hit harder by the opioid epidemic than over 80 percent of the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided a ranking of the states with the most deaths from drug overdoses.[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care’s unique approach to addiction treatment
Amelia Ickes | Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 Kentucky recently ranked first in adult access to mental health, but fourth in drug overdose rates across the United States. Among the organizations addressing this disparity is Addiction Recovery Care, which offers the full continuum of addiction treatment across its 19 residential centers and 11 outpatient centers. Its first[Read More…]
New addiction recovery outreach opens in Pikeville
By Buddy Forbes and Jordan Mullins Published: Jul. 25, 2023 at 5:50 PM EDT PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – A new addiction recovery outreach has recently opened in Pikeville and is working to change the model for addressing the issues. Protea Behavioral Health Counseling operates on a ‘barrier reduction’ model, which works to reintegrate its[Read More…]
Greenberg: Louisville will receive millions in funding to fight impact of opioid addiction
This money comes from legal settlements with opioid distributors, dispensers and manufacturers. Credit: Alyssa Newton, WHAS11 News Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announces a new policy on seized firearms. They will be made inoperable before being sent to KSP. Author: Arianna Sergio LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the city of[Read More…]
Kentucky considers $42 million ibogaine study to tackle opioid crisis
The Bowling Green Daily News By Sarah Michels | [email protected] Jul 25, 2023 FRANKFORT — Jessica Blackburn grew up in Betsy Lane, an Eastern Kentucky town home to 650 people. She had a great childhood, she said, filled with love, friendship and community. She’s not the typical person you’d expect[Read More…]