BY ERIN KELLY IN KENTUCKY PUBLISHED 5:00 PM ET JUL. 10, 2023 ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — The Lincoln Trail District Health Department shared an alert this month saying that Baptist Health Hardin and Flaget Memorial Hospital in Nelson County reported an unusually high number of nonfatal drug overdoses. What You Need To Know Health[Read More…]
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Substance abuse impacts older adults, nationally and locally
By Jane Kim, Brayden Trimmel | July 10, 2023 PADUCAH, KY — Substance abuse might seem like a young person’s problem, but older adults are increasingly impacted. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in 2018 that nearly 1 million adults ages 65 and older live with a substance use disorder.[Read More…]
More than half of Kentucky’s counties now have harm reduction programs for IV drug users
Two syringe services opened this year as Estill County went to a mobile clinic after Irvine council balked. BY: MELISSA PATRICK, KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS JULY 6, 2023 Kentucky has added two new syringe-service programs for intravenous drug users this year, bringing the total to 84 SSPs, in 65 of the state’s[Read More…]
Henderson Police Department planning latest free Narcan giveaway
By Adam Kight, WEVV-TV July 5, 2023 HENDERSON, Ky. (WEVV) — The Henderson Police Department is hosting another Narcan giveaway in a continued effort to combat drug overdoses in the community. HPD says its latest Narcan giveaway will be held on Friday, July 14. The giveaway is happening from noon[Read More…]
DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanyl
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Monday, July 3, 2023 Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. The U.S. needs laws to force social-media companies to keep their platforms from being used[Read More…]
Drug deaths drop in Kentucky, but fentanyl still rages
By Mark Payne June 20, 2023 The number of drug overdose deaths dropped in Kentucky last year, according to the most recent report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. But deaths from fentanyl and methamphetamine still remain high. Experts in NKY are saying that fentanyl and methamphetamine are[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care gives insight into how to prevent fatal overdoses
By Brandon Spencer Addiction Recovery Care gives insight on what has led to the recent decrease in overdose fatalities from 2021 to 2022.
New report confirms Kentucky’s first decline in fatal overdoses since 2018
BY: MCKENNA HORSLEY AND SARAH LADD Kentucky’s 2022 Overdose Fatality Report, released Thursday, shows the commonwealth saw its first decline in fatal overdoses since 2018. Still, 2,135 Kentuckians died from an overdose in 2022. Ninety percent of those deaths were from opioids and fentanyl. Potent inexpensive methamphetamines also continue to be a driving[Read More…]
Opioid settlement payouts to localities made public for the first time
Thousands of local governments nationwide are receiving settlement money from companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers, like Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and Walmart. The companies are shelling out more than $50 billion total in settlements from national lawsuits. But finding out the precise amount each city or county[Read More…]
This Father’s Day, Addiction Recovery Care Celebrates Dads In Recovery
By ARC Staff Father’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the men in our lives who have helped guide us. This year, Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) is reminding us how recovery can rebuild and reunite families. Hunter Glasscock and Gerald “Jerry” Long are two fathers with stories we can all[Read More…]