The Pike County Fiscal Court recently voted to appoint a committee to present recommendations for the use of funds received from the National Opioid Settlement. According to Pike County Judge-Executive Ray Jones, Pike County received approximately $890,000 from the settlement. Although it is ultimately the court’s decision, Jones said, there[Read More…]
Kentucky News
Report: Substance use disorder is negatively impacting Kentucky’s economy
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WCHS) — Substance use disorder not only impacts public health, a new report said it’s hurting the economy in Kentucky. The report from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce said substance use disorder is pulling people out of the workforce at a time when they’re needed most. Get the full[Read More…]
Drug resistance and education group fights the spread of fentanyl in Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – May 9 is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Police and health professionals say the scary thing is a lot of people who take illegal and illicit drugs don’t even know fentanyl is in them. Operation UNITE tackles drug education, enforcement and prevention all over southern and southeastern[Read More…]
Rural hospitals are key in fighting opioid and fentanyl crises. We must keep them open.
By Jeff Taylor The opioid and fentanyl crisis is still claiming the lives of too many Americans despite growing awareness of the problem, more government resources and money from settled lawsuits with pharmaceutical companies going to affected communities. In 2021 alone, nearly 300 Americans died every single day from drug overdose.[Read More…]
STUDY: Indiana, Kentucky among states with biggest drug problems
by: Jana Garrett HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on the states with the biggest drug problems, and Kentucky as well as Indiana make the list. WalletHub says, “Drug abuse has a long and storied history in the United States, and we’ve been ‘at war’ with[Read More…]
Eastern Kentucky addiction treatment center getting some opioid settlement money
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WCHS) — More than $8 million is heading to 24 addiction recovery programs in Kentucky as part of a $900 million opioid settlement. As part of the settlement, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center is getting $250,000. For nearly three months, Derek Young has been a client at Mountain Comprehensive Care[Read More…]
New addiction recovery center opens in Morehead
By Brandon Robinson MOREHEAD, Ky. (WYMT) – People living in one Northeastern Kentucky community now have a new option for addiction recovery. On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear, Senior Advisor Rocky Adkins and members of the community officially opened the new Raven Cares facility in Morehead. The new non-profit residential recovery facility[Read More…]
ARC officials and first responders discuss ‘emergent threat’ of ‘tranq dope’
By Jordan Mullins HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – On Wednesday, April 12, the Biden Administration designated fentanyl mixed with a horse tranquilizer called xylazine an “emerging threat to the United States.” In Eastern Kentucky, the emergence of this combination, also known as “tranq dope”, has left officials worried. “This is not new to[Read More…]
Kentucky addiction center raising awareness of alcohol abuse
From 2015 to 2019, excessive alcohol deaths per capita in Kentucky increased by as much as 40%.(WBKO) By Isaac Calvert BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, there are an average of 2,206 alcohol-related deaths each year in the state of Kentucky. The Center[Read More…]
Today’s Interview: Recovery expert: Kentucky has an alcohol problem
WEKU | By Stan Ingold With the rise of the opioid epidemic experts say another long-term problem in Kentucky could be overlooked. Alcohol use disorder on average, contributes to over 22-hundred deaths in the commonwealth each year. Kentucky taxpayers spent nearly 3-point-2 billion- dollars because of excessive alcohol use in 2010;[Read More…]