Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS WHAS-TV 11: Addiction resources, treatment options in Kentucky, Indiana The Appalachian News-Express: Too many, too often: National Overdose Prevention Day The Courier Journal: 2nd Annual International Overdose Awareness Day rally and march in Louisville FOX 56 News: Jessamine County hosts 3rd annual Drug Overdose[Read More…]
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THIS WEEK: Kentucky Recovery News Weekly Update
Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS KET: Panel applauded Kentucky’s 5% drop in overdose deaths in 2022, but cited new challenges and remaining difficulties Kentucky Health News: Mobile unit provides addiction recovery, other medical services in Glasgow, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, Bardstown and Lebanon The Courier Journal: Spending $400 million to build[Read More…]
Nonprofit naloxone maker celebrates FDA approval by donating 200,000 doses
By Lev Facher | Aug. 9, 2023 A nonprofit naloxone manufacturer is celebrating its recent market approval by giving away 200,000 doses of its over-the-counter nasal spray. Harm Reduction Therapeutics said in a statement that it will donate nearly a quarter-million doses of its new product to the Remedy Alliance, an organization[Read More…]
Addiction Treatment Should Embrace A Public Health Mission
As addiction professionals created the modern treatment sector, harm reduction strategies were viewed with skepticism. The opioid epidemic has forced a re-evaluation of harm reduction’s place in the treatment toolbox. This article takes a further step by suggesting that treatment professionals should view themselves part of the public health world.[Read More…]
THIS WEEK: Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update
Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS Beckers Behavioral Health: Addiction Recovery Care’s unique approach to addiction treatment The Daily Independent: ARC echoes U.S. Drug Czar’s call WKRC-TV: Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana among top 10 states with most drug overdose deaths PR Newswire: Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) Partners with Accelecom for[Read More…]
Opioid addiction starts at the ER, according to studies.
by Bocconi University Legitimate prescriptions of opioids as painkillers are a contributing factor in long-term addiction to these substances. This is what Sarah Eichmeyer of Bocconi’s Department of Economics and Jonathan Zhang of McMaster University in Canada found and described in two recent papers, “Pathways into Opioid Dependence: Evidence from[Read More…]
Marijuana addiction is real. Those struggling often face skepticism.
By David Ovalle and Fenit Nirappil July 31, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Courtney took her first marijuana puffs at 17. Two decades later, she was raising a toddler son and hiding her dependence from most family members. She would light her pipe more than a dozen times a day, sneaking to the[Read More…]
Mental illness, drug addiction go hand in glove, Biden’s drug czar tells lawmakers
By Simar Bajaj | July 27, 2023 WASHINGTON — At a House oversight hearing Thursday, the Biden administration’s top drug policy official emphasized the need to address both mental illness and drug addiction simultaneously to reduce fentanyl deaths. According to a 2021 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, over nine[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…]