By Julia Sandor MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – the 2022 overdose fatality report shows some improvements being made in Kentucky. Overdoses declined more than 5% last year compared to 2021. However, some haven’t felt much of that change. According to the 2022 overdose fatality report, more than 2,000 Kentuckians lost their[Read More…]
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ARC working to de-stigmatize addiction treatment
By Derek Parham BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – For the first time since 2018, overdose fatalities in Kentucky are trending downward, despite the national average continuing on an upward trend. Kentucky and eight other states nationwide have experienced a decrease in overdose deaths. For the Commonwealth, we’ve observed a five percent[Read More…]
Overdose deaths fell in Kentucky last year. What to know about the numbers
By BRYCE SHREVE AND ERIN KELLY | KENTUCKY KENTUCKY — The number of Kentuckians lost to drug overdose in 2022 declined by more than 5% compared to the previous year, according to a report from the Office of Drug Control Policy. What You Need To Know The number of Kentuckians lost to drug[Read More…]
2022 Overdose Fatality Report released, Kentucky sees first decline in four years
FRANKFORT, KY (LEX 18) — Gov. Andy Beshear has released the 2022 Overdose Fatality Report. The report states 2,135 Kentuckians lost their lives to a drug overdose in 2022, which is a decline of more than 5% compared with the previous year. It is the first decline since 2018. The report[Read More…]
Hatfield joins Addiction Recovery Care
BELLEFONTE Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) announced Wednesday that Timothy Hatfield has joined the company’s leadership team, according to a news release. Hatfield will serve as president of ARC’s newly formed hospital division, which will carry out the organization’s efforts to offer more comprehensive behavioral health and mental health services. In this[Read More…]
‘I’m actually living:’ Louisville car dealership partners with sober living facility
BY ERIN KELLY | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Ford dealership on Fifth Street in downtown Louisville was a short walk from Beacon House, the sober living facility where James Sherrill Jr. had been staying nearly 10 years ago, and Sherrill needed a job. He started as a shuttle driver and began working[Read More…]
Rx and Illicit Drug Summit
Where Solutions Are Formulated and Change Begins The Largest, Most Influential Event Addressing the Opioid & Addiction Crisis More than one million lives have been lost since the start of the opioid epidemic. Overdoses and deaths involving synthetic opioids have reached record rates, and every community across our nation is[Read More…]
Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under ’70s-era war on drugs law
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths. By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland’s Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as[Read More…]
Kentucky group shares plan to explore new therapeutic treatments for opioid addiction
By Charity Blanton FRANKFORT, KY — The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission announced Wednesday plans to pursue new therapeutic treatment options for Kentuckians affected by opioid use disorder. The commission says their proposal includes investigating new treatments to “reverse the chemical effects of opioid addiction,” including withdrawal symptoms. They say they will collaborate[Read More…]
Bipartisan senators look to add fentanyl provision to defense policy bill
BY ELLEN MITCHELL Two senators are taking aim at fentanyl trafficking by trying to add a provision to the annual defense policy bill that would make it a national security threat. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) look to propose the Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act as an amendment to the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)[Read More…]