By Annelise Gilbert, Bloomberg Law July 6, 2023 Given the nationwide opioid epidemic, John said he didn’t think disclosing his methadone treatment for a previous opioid addiction to his employer would be a big deal. The clinic where he received treatment six times a week was only four or five[Read More…]
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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…]
New Report Ranks Kentucky #1 for Adult Access to Mental Health Care
New Report Ranks Kentucky #1 for Adult Access to Mental Health Care A new report published by Mental Health America ranks Kentucky #1 nationwide for lower prevalence of mental illness and higher rates of access to care among adults. The ranking is based on several metrics, including: adults with any mental illness[Read More…]
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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention Kentucky Lantern: Opioid settlement payouts to localities made public for the first time Virginia Chamber: Addiction Recovery Care lays the groundwork for improving behavioral health outcomes in Virginia Bottom Line: New reports demonstrate the need for Kentucky leaders to continue fight against substance use disorder crisis[Read More…]
Minorities Hit Hardest by Alcohol-Related Deaths During First Years of COVID-19
By Lisa Rapaport Alcohol-related mortality rates climbed most among individuals who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, followed by Black and Hispanic people, a new study finds. The surge in alcohol-related deaths during the peak months of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionality hit certain racial and ethnic groups, including Black and Hispanic people[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…]
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…]
Kentucky report on fatal overdoses brings good and bad news
by GIL MCCLANAHAN LOUISA, KY (WCHS) — Kentucky’s Overdose Fatality Report has been released, and it contains both good and bad news regarding the state’s efforts in fighting the national drug epidemic. The commonwealth is seeing its first decline in overdose deaths since 2018, but some say more work needs to be[Read More…]