BY GERALDINE TORRELLAS | KENTUCKY DANVILLE, Ky. — The Wellness Community is a health care technology company that recently opened in Danville, and it’s launching the Primary Addiction Treatment at Home (PATH) Program to help those struggling with substance use. What You Need To Know A health care tech company is launching an at-home[Read More…]
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Deputies helping connect people to addiction recovery resources through Badges of Hope program
By Blaine McDonald, Mason Watkins PADUCAH — Badges of Hope is a program of the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department offering people who struggle with substance abuse a ride to recovery. Twenty-five days into 2023, three people have already received help through Badges of Hope. The sheriff’s department offers the program in partnership[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care to open treatment center in SWVA
By Brandon Robinson DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WYMT) – The drug addiction crisis doesn’t recognize state lines and one Kentucky-based recovery organization is planning an expansion into a neighboring state. On Wednesday, officials with Addiction Recovery Care announced they are partnering with the Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority to build a new[Read More…]
How do we use Settlement Money?
By Melissa Patrick | Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s local and state governments continue to reap more millions from settlements with drug manufacturers and distributors, and are looking for guidance on how to spend the money to provide relief from the opioid epidemic, as the settlements require.The state is getting $842[Read More…]
Kentucky moving toward more holistic approach to substance abuse treatment
By Mark Vanderhoff, Reporter | WLKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky has developed a comprehensive strategy for combatting substance abuse treatment, and the $842 million in legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies and distributors could help fund key components. That’s according to key figures who spoke to state lawmakers on Thursday in[Read More…]
Addiction recovery groups discuss fighting substance abuse at Drug Summit
By Chandler Wilcox HARLAN, Ky. (WYMT) – Addiction recovery specialists are faced with a new monster, fentanyl, which they say was responsible for 73% of drug overdose deaths last year. Groups came together in response for a Drug Summit in Harlan, where hours of education with moments of emotional pleas took[Read More…]
Great Health Divide | EKY addiction recovery ecosystem is strong, but gaps, high demand remain
Successful pre-pandemic efforts provide a blueprint as advocates try to address COVID-era overdose increases. By Garrett Wymer CORBIN, Ky. (WKYT) – Before he led Addiction Recovery Care, Tim Robinson was in need of addiction recovery care. “I almost drank myself to death,” Robinson told WKYT’s Garrett Wymer on a recent winter day inside Corbin City[Read More…]
Kentucky to receive more than $842M from opioid lawsuit settlements
By Laurel Deppen – Reporter, Louisville Business First Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed two emergency regulations to direct money from opioid lawsuit settlements into Kentucky communities — which now amounts to more than $842 million. In a video posted to the governor’s social media page last week, Beshear said the money would[Read More…]
Churches in Hopkins County focus on addiction recovery
By CHIP HUTCHESON Kentucky Today WHITE PLAINS, Ky. (KT) – Two churches in Hopkins County have embraced the “love your neighbor” commandment by offering programs aimed to help those battling addictions. J.D. Holt, pastor of White Plains Missionary Baptist Church, said significant addiction problems in the county prompted the beginning[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care treatment center expects surge of clients in new year
LOUISA, Ky. (WSAZ) – As the new year kicks off, many are getting started on resolutions. A Louisa-based treatment center is ready to help with a special kind of resolution, overcoming addiction. Officials at Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) say January is one of their busiest times. “Every January, we see[Read More…]